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  • Title: Secondary infection of rat lungs with Pasteurella pneumotropica after Kilham rat virus infection.
    Author: Carthew P, Gannon J.
    Journal: Lab Anim; 1981 Jul; 15(3):219-21. PubMed ID: 6457220.
    Abstract:
    Lung congestion was observed after an outbreak of Kilham rat virus infection (KRV) in a rat colony, previously free of all rat viruses. A high proportion of congested lungs contained Pasteurella pneumotropica suggesting that KRV might have caused primary damage to the alveoli (hitherto not recorded) which allowed the secondary bacterial colonization. Experimental infection of rats with KRV caused acute damage to the lung alveoli. Since KRV infection is very common in animal facilities it could therefore be a significant agent in the development of respiratory disease.
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