Survival of bacteria of laboratory animal origin on cage bedding and inactivation by hydrogen peroxide vapour

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 412-421

  Benga, Laurentiu ^a   Benten, W Peter M ^a   Engelhardt, Eva ^a   Gougoula, Christina ^a   Schulze Röbbecke, Roland ^b   Sager, Martin ^a  

^a Central Unit for Animal Research and Animal Welfare Affairs   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

health monitoring; hydrogen peroxide vapour; laboratory animal bacteria; room disinfection; soiled bedding sentinels

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXYGEN; WATER;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; BORDETELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MOUSE; MURIBACTER MURIS; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA PNEUMOTROPICA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPOROGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SUSPENSION; VAPOR; WATER VAPOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; BACTERIUM; BED; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BACTERIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85027109834     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: 17581117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0023677216675386     Document Type: Article

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