A retrospective study of the microbiological and parasitological status of laboratory rodents in France

Journal of Experimental Animal Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 211-222

  Zenner, Lionel ^a,b   Regnault, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Unité CNRS UPS44   (France)

^b VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteriological status; Epidemiology; Mice; Microbiological status; Parasitological status; Rats

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CITROBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FLAGELLATE; FRANCE; GIARDIA MURIS; INFECTION CONTROL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PASTEURELLA; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; ASPICULURIS; ASPICULURIS TETRAPTERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHILOMASTIX; CITROBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PILIFORME; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA MURIS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MURINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA SP.; MYOCOPTES; OXYURIDAE; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA PNEUMOTROPICA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADFORDIA; RADFORDIA ENSIFERA; RODENTIA; SPIRONUCLEUS MURIS; SYPHACIA; TRITRICHOMONAS;

EID: 0034001541     PISSN: 09398600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0939-8600(00)80013-9     Document Type: Article

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