Comparison of traditional and PCR methods during screening for and confirmation of Aspiculuris tetraptera in a mouse facility

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 904-909

  Dole, Vandana S ^a   Zaias, Julia ^b   Kyricopoulos Cleasby, Danielle M ^a   Banu, Laila A ^a   Waterman, Linda L ^b   Sanders, Kevin ^b   Henderson, Kenneth S ^a  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ASPICULURIS TETRAPTERA; CAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBIUS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; FECES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MICE; OVUM; OXYUROIDEA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 83255191735     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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