Efficacy of three microbiological monitoring methods in a ventilated cage rack

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 382-392

  Compton, Susan R ^a   Homberger, Felix R ^b   Paturzo, Frank X ^a   Clark, Judy MacArthur ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BioZone Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BED; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CAGE; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FILTER; HELICOBACTER; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MURINE HEPATITIS CORONAVIRUS; MURINE PARVOVIRUS; MURINE ROTAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SENDAI VIRUS; VENTILATED CAGE RACK; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

AIR PRESSURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; VENTILATION; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 4143108338     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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