Encephalitozoon cuniculi Infection
Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection of laboratory rats is not common, but has been associated with nonsuppurative focal lesions in the brain, kidneys, and occasionally liver. See Rabbit Chapter 6, "Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection” for a more complete description of this disease.
Phycomycotic Infection
Immature rats have been found to rarely develop phy- comycotic meningoencephalitis, with necropurulent
FIG. 2.44. Skin from a rat with Trichophyton mentagrophytes dermatophytosis. Numerous arthrospores are present within the hair follicle (methenamine silver stain).
inflammation containing nonseptate hyphae that are demonstrable with various fungal stains. Older rats within the same populations were unaffected.
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