rolling disease

rolling disease
a disease of laboratory mice characterized by lateral rolling movements, neurolysis, and a polymorphonuclear leukocytic reaction in the brain; it is caused by a potent neurolytic exotoxin produced by Mycoplasma neurolyticum.

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