Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory. Aerospace Medical Division, Alaska Force Systems Command. Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Technical documentary report TDR-64-11. 13 p.
Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory. Aerospace Medical Division, Alaska Force Systems Command. Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Technical documentary report TDR-64-11. 13 p.
Brown fat and kidney tissues from the Alaskan ground squirrel were cultured successfully in vitro. The use of primary explant cultures of ground-squirrel kidney for virus cultivation revealed its suitability for the propagation of selected enteric and respiratory viruses . A possible extension of the findings of the study to problems of diagnostic virology is indicated.