Microbiological survey of mice (Mus musculus) purchased from commercial pet shops in Kanagawa and Tokyo, Japan

Experimental Animals

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-160

  Hayashimoto, Nobuhito ^a   Morita, Hanako ^a   Ishida, Tomoko ^a   Uchida, Ritsuki ^a   Tanaka, Mai ^a   Ozawa, Midori ^a   Yasuda, Masahiko ^a   Itoh, Toshio ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Mice; Pet shop; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPICULURIS TETRAPTERA; AUTOPSY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER GANMANI; HELMINTH; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PASTEURELLA PNEUMOTROPICA; PROTOZOON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYPHACIA OBVELATA; TRITRICHOMONAS MURIS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; RODENT DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; HELICOBACTER GANMANI; HYMENOLEPIS NANA; MURINE HEPATITIS VIRUS; MURINE NOROVIRUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; PASTEURELLA PNEUMOTROPICA; PNEUMOCYSTIS MURINA; REPTILIA; SPIRONUCLEUS MURIS; THEILER'S ENCEPHALOMYELITIS VIRUS; TRITRICHOMONAS MURIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; JAPAN; MICE; PETS; RISK MANAGEMENT; RODENT DISEASES; TOKYO; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84929312398     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.14-0087     Document Type: Article

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