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Companion guide to Infectious diseases of mice and rats / Committee on Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council. Committee on Infectious Diseases of Mice and Rats. Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources. Commission on Life Sciences, author, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mice--Infections.
- Mice.
- Rats--Infections.
- Rats.
- Laboratory animals--Infections.
- Laboratory animals.
- Mice as laboratory animals.
- Rats as laboratory animals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- See preceding entry. This companion volume makes practical information on rodent diseases readily accessible to researchers. It parallels the three parts of the main volume. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
- Contents:
- COMPANION GUIDE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF MICE AND RATS
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- PART I Principles of Rodent Disease Prevention
- SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES
- INFECTION VERSUS DISEASE
- TERMINOLOGY OF MICROBIAL AND PATHOGEN STATUS
- COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING PATHOGEN-FREE STATUS OF RODENTS
- HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMS
- Scientific Objectives
- Test Procedures
- Sampling Strategies
- Test Frequency
- Sentinel Animals
- RODENT DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIES
- REFERENCES
- PART II Disease Agents
- BACTERIA, FUNGI, AND VIRUSES
- Adenoviruses
- Suggested Reading
- Bacillus piliformis
- Cilia-Associated Respiratory Bacillus
- Citrobacterfreundii Biotype 4280
- Corynebacterium kutscheri
- Cytomegalovirus, Mouse
- Ectromelia Virus
- Encephalitozoon cuniculi
- Hantaviruses
- Hepatitis Virus, Mouse
- H-1 Virus
- Kilham Rat Virus
- Lactic Dehydrogenase-Elevating Virus
- Leukemia Viruses, Murine
- Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus
- Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse
- Minute Virus of Mice
- Mycoplasma arthritidis
- Mycoplasma pulmonis
- Pasteurella pneumotropica
- Pneumocystis carinii
- Pneumonia Virus of Mice
- Polyomavirus
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Reovirus-3
- Rotavirus, Mouse
- Salmonella enteritidis
- Sendai Virus
- Sialodacryoadenitis Virus.
- Suggested Reading
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptobacillus moniliformis
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Virus
- Thymic Virus, Mouse
- DERMATOPHYTES
- Trichophyton spp. and Microsporum spp.
- COMMON ECTOPARASITES
- Myobia musculi
- Myocoptes musculinus and Radfordia affinis
- Other Ectoparasites
- ENDOPARASITES
- Aspicularis tetraptera (Mouse Pinworm)
- Entamoeba muris
- Giardia muris
- Hymenolepis nana
- Spironucleus muris
- Syphacia obvelata (Mouse Pinworm) and Syphacia muris (Rat Pinworm)
- Trichomonas muris
- Other Endoparasites
- PART III Diagnosis and Research Complications of Infectious Agents
- INTRODUCTION
- CLINICAL SIGNS
- PATHOLOGY
- RESEARCH COMPLICATIONS
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610212248
- 9781280212246
- 1280212241
- 9780309582704
- 0309582709
- 9780585002538
- 0585002533
- OCLC:
- 42328539
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