Diagnostic Testing of Mouse and Rat Colonies for Infectious Agents

Lab Animal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 44-51

  Livingston, Robert S ^a   Riley, Lela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RAT; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; RODENTIA;

EID: 0346727243     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0503-44     Document Type: Review

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