Isolation of Mycobacteria spp from Rats

Maysoon Sabah Abbas
2008 The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine  
The main aim of this study is to detect infection of Wild brown rats withMycobacteria . fourtyone Wild brown rats were collected from variousquarters of Baghdad city during the period 29/5/2004 – 30/10/2004 .fourty one rats collected from college of Veterinary Medicine farmBaghdad University and from farm of Abu – Ghraib , Baghdad –ALGedida , AL – Mahmoedia , AL – hurrea . In this study after collectionof rats the post mortem change was studied and take one hundred twentythree sample of Lung ,
more » ... iver and Spleen for bacterial examination onehundred twenty three samples were culture on special media forMycobacteria . The result revealed that four rats were infected withMycobacteria . four isolates of Mycobacteria two isolate from Lung , twoisolate from Liver . The morbidity rate with Mycobacteria was 9.9% .
doi:10.30539/iraqijvm.v32i2.739 fatcat:jx3elon4kzb5pe25tewstgtclm