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supply and other infection sources is obtained.<br />

1. The measures applied in Bioterio 3 were later introduced into Bioterio 1,<br />

wi th comparable resul ts .<br />

The return to the original nurnber of females per ma ting<br />

box will be experimented wi th in Bioterio 3 and, according to the resul ts,<br />

Bioterio 1 will follow, or keep the present status.<br />

2. As this Report is assembled, the trends appearing at the end of tbe<br />

year are being confirmed, and tr.e.graphs of litter rates and number of babies<br />

increased production.<br />

babies per li tter, and a small reduction in mortali ty.<br />

There is even a slight upward trend in the number oí<br />

HISTOPATHOlOGY<br />

The following animals were exaJTlined durir.(1' the year:<br />

Iaboratory<br />

38 adu1 t mice<br />

36 infant mice<br />

17 guineapigs<br />

4 monkeys<br />

~~_tE-C?!ogy of wild animals<br />

Wild Other<br />

67 bata<br />

31 prima tes<br />

19 rodenta<br />

10 turt1es<br />

7 edentatcs<br />

6 marsupia1s<br />

3 others<br />

13 ungu1ates<br />

5 carnivores<br />

2 others<br />

The liver, kidney, heart, lung, and in some cases oth.er viscera, were<br />

exaJnined from 8 rodents i;rom Amapá which had yielded Amaparl virus o Four had<br />

hepatic lesions, but these were of a focal, probably parasitic typeo Three had<br />

focal lesions of the IrtY"ocardium, 1-1ith inflaITU11ation and degeneration.<br />

EIeven rodents trapped in the I~~I~ & Utinga forcsts, alI negative for virus,<br />

examined o<br />

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One had hepa tic cirrhosis, chronic pneumoni tis and ~ocardi tis.o

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