Role of housing modalities on management and surveillance strategies for adventitious agents of rodents

ILAR Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-325

  Shek, William R ^a  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier; Biosecurity; Health monitoring; Microisolation cage; Rederivation; Rodents; Sampling; Sentinels

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MOUSE; RAT; RODENT DISEASE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INFECTION CONTROL; MICE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 58149344001     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.49.3.316     Document Type: Review

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