title: Isolation and metabolism cage system for newborn pigs.
abstract: An isolation system was designed and constructed for isolating normal and infected newborn pigs. The system consisted of an outer cage fitted with a biological diffusion filter and a dunk bath entry system and an inner metabolism cage to contain the pig. When tested with S-13 bacteriophage, the isolation and metabolism cage system was at least 99% efficient in preventing the entry or escape of microorganism. A total of 267 Escherichia coli-infected newborn pigs have been isolated in these units, with no cross contaminations.
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000378:metabolism*; D003090:Coliphages / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D006799:Housing, Animal; D013552:Swine / Q000378:metabolism*