Infectious microorganisms in mice (Mus musculus) purchased from commercial pet shops in Germany

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 271-275

  Dammann, P ^a,d   Hilken, G ^a   Hueber, B ^b   Koh W ^c   Bappert, M T ^d   Mahler M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Waldheimstrasse 47   (Germany)

^c Department General Zoology ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infectious diseases; Microorganism; Quality assurance control

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASPICULURIS; AUSTRALIA; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PILIFORME; COCCIDIA; CORYNEBACTERIUM KUTSCHERI; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ECTROMELIA VIRUS; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENDOPARASITE; EUROPE; GERMANY; GIARDIA; HANTAVIRUS; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER BILIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; HELICOBACTER TYPHLONIUS; HYGIENE; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUSE; MURINE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; MURINE HEPATITIS CORONAVIRUS; MURINE PNEUMONIA VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NORTH AMERICA; PARVOVIRUS; PASTEURELLA PNEUMOTROPICA; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS MURINA; POLYOMA VIRUS; PREVALENCE; REOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SENDAI VIRUS; SPIRONUCLEUS MURIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOBACILLUS MONILIFORMIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYPHACIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOMONAS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PILIFORME; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HELICOBACTER; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS; MURINE PNEUMONIA VIRUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; PARVOVIRUS; PASTEURELLA PNEUMOTROPICA; SYPHACIA; THEILER'S ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS;

EID: 80054779300     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2011.010183     Document Type: Article

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