Clinical and reproductive pathological changes associated with Brucella melitensis and its lipopolysaccharides in female mice via oral inoculation

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Faez Firdaus Jesse, Adamu, Lawan, Adnan, Nur Hazirah, Osman, Abdinasir Yusuf, Mansor, Rozaihan, Haron, Abd Wahid, Saad, Mohd Zamri, Omar, Abdul Rahman, Saharee, Abdul Aziz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Publications 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29910/1/ajavsp.2013.104.111.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29910/; http://thescipub.com/abstract/10.3844/ajavsp.2013.104.111

Brucella melitensis (B. melitensis) are Gram-negative, aerobic, facultative intracellular bacteria that cause brucellosis that usually leads to abortion in sheep and goats. Three groups of equal number of 24 healthy female mice were used as animal models. They were orally inoculated with 0.4 mL of p...