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THE carriage of ringworm by laboratory mice is well documented1–3. Frequently, when the infection is transmitted to those handling infected stock, the mice are killed to control the outbreak4, but when the disease becomes established among animals being examined throughout their life-span, as in some radiobiological and oncogenic experiments, this solution is impracticable. The following is a brief account of attempts to control an outbreak by the use of a dip.
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DAVIES, R., SHEWELL, J. Control of Mouse Ringworm. Nature 202, 406–407 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/202406a0
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