Fungus Paecilomyces: A new agent in laboratory animals

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-51

  Kunstyr I ^a   Jelinek F ^b   Bitzenhofer, U ^c   Pittermann, W ^d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungus; Histology; Isolation; Paecilomyces; Respiratory tract; SPF rats

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEALTH HAZARD; HYPHOMYCETES; MOUSE; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SKIN DEFECT; TOXICITY;

EID: 0031026134     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367797780600260     Document Type: Article

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