Belém VIRUS Laboratory
Belém VIRUS Laboratory
Belém VIRUS Laboratory
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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