Current microbiological status of laboratory mice and rats in experimental facilities in Japan

Experimental Animals

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-48

  Hayashimoto, Nobuhito ^a   Morita, Hanako ^a   Ishida, Tomoko ^a   Yasuda, Masahiko ^a   Kameda, Shuko ^a   Uchida, Ritsuki ^a   Tanaka, Mai ^a   Ozawa, Midori ^a   Sato, Azusa ^a   Takakura, Akira ^a   Itoh, Toshio ^a   Kagiyama, Naoko ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mice; Microbiological monitoring; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FECES ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE FLORA; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PASTEURELLA PNEUMOTROPICA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYPHACIA MURIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CECUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HELICOBACTER HEPATICUS; INTESTINES; JAPAN; LUNG; MICE; NOROVIRUS; PASTEURELLA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RATS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84873827716     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.62.41     Document Type: Article

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