Establishment of specific pathogen-free guinea-pig colonies using limited-flora guinea-pigs associated with conventional guinea-pig flora, and monitoring of their cecal flora

Experimental Animals

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-113

  Yanabe, Makoto ^a   Shibuya, Masaharu ^a   Gonda, Toshihiko ^a   Asai, Hidekazu ^a   Tanaka, Toshio ^a   Sudou, Katuko ^b   Narita, Teruo ^c   Matsui, Takane ^d   Itoh, Kikuji ^e  

^a Japan SLC Inc   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cecal microflora; Conventionalization; Hysterectomy derived animals; Limited flora guinea pigs; SPF guinea pigs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM MAGNUM; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; SUS SCROFA;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTEROIDACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CECUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; GUINEA PIG; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTEROIDACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CECUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GUINEA PIGS; PEPTOCOCCACEAE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035316427     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.50.105     Document Type: Article

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