ABSTRACT
The latex agglutination test was used to determine the antibody response in mice inoculated with toxoplasma cysts and was found to reduce the time necessary for the identification of infected mice compared with conventional biological methods. The application to the diagnosis of ovine abortion is discussed.
Subject(s)
Abortion, Veterinary/diagnosis , Latex Fixation Tests , Mice , Sheep Diseases/diagnosis , Toxoplasmosis, Animal/diagnosis , Abortion, Veterinary/immunology , Animals , Female , Pregnancy , Sheep , Sheep Diseases/immunology , Toxoplasmosis, Animal/immunologyABSTRACT
Five cocatiels (Nymphicus hollandicus) died within 30 minutes following exposure to fumes from a frying pan coated with the "non-stick" plastic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) that had accidentally overheated. Within an hour the owner developed symptoms of "polymer fume fever" but recovered in the next 24 hours. Clinical signs and post mortem lesions of the cockatiels are described and reference is made to the unusual susceptibility of parakeets to the pyrolysis products of frying pans coated with PTFE.