Microbiological Contamination in Genetically Modified Animals and Proposals for a Microbiological Test Standard for National Universities in Japan

Experimental Animals

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 397-407

  Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^b   Yagami, Ken Ichi ^c   Arikawa, Jiro ^d   Furuya, Masato ^e   Kurosawa, Tsutomu ^f   Mannen, Kazuaki ^g   Matsubayashi, Kiyoaki ^h   Nishimune, Yoshitake ⁱ   Shibahara, Toshiyuki ^j   Ueda, Tomoyuki ^k   Itoh, Toshio ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^g OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁱ OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^l CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Genetically modified animals (GMAs); JALAN; Microbiological monitoring; Mutual transfer of GMM; SPF standard

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MOUSE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; PARVOVIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; PARVOVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RAT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GUIDELINES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; MAUS ELBERFELD VIRUS; MICE; MYCOPLASMA; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PARVOVIRUS; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 18044404518     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.50.397     Document Type: Article

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