title: The influence of filter top caging on the transmission of pinworm infections in mice.
abstract: The effectiveness of filter top cages in preventing infection of mice with pinworms, Aspiculuris tetraptera and Syphacia obvelata, was investigated by introducing mice from a pathogen-free colony into a colony in which both types of pinworms were enzootic. Half of the pathogen-free mice were maintained in filter top cages, while the remainder were held in similar cages without filters. All mice thus introduced were killed and examined after 3-8 week exposure periods. No pinworm were recovered from mice in 17 of 18 cages with filter tops while mice in 12 of 16 cages without filter tops were infected.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005374:Filtration; D006799:Housing, Animal; D051379:Mice; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D010124:Oxyuroidea; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000635:transmission*