FELASA recommendations for the health monitoring of mouse, rat, hamster, guinea pig and rabbit colonies in breeding and experimental units

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 178-192

  Mahler M ^a,b   Berar, M ^c,d   Feinstein, R ^e,f   Gallagher, A ^g,h   Illgen Wilcke, B ^a,i   Pritchett Corning, K ^j,k,l   Raspa, M ^m,n  

^a GV SOLAS Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde ^*

^b BioDoc   (Germany)

^c AFSTAL Association Française des Sciences et Techniques de l Animal de Laboratoire   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^e Scand LAS Scandinavian Society for Laboratory Animal Science

^f NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g LASA Laboratory Animal Science Association

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MicroBioS GmbH   (Switzerland)

^j AALAS American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

^k CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^m AISAL Associazione Italiana per le Scienze degli Animali da Laboratorio

ⁿ CNR   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Health monitoring; Infections; Rabbit; Rodents; Sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTAMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; EXPERIMENTAL HAMSTER; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HEALTH STATUS; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MONITORING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84903487016     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: 17581117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023677213516312     Document Type: Article

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