Microbiological monitoring in individually ventilated cage systems.
Housing rodents in IVC racks has many advantages over conventional cages but also presents unique challenges related to health monitoring. The authors review the issues to consider in design of a sentinel program using IVC systems.
Compton
Susan R
SR
Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. susan.compton@yale.edu
Homberger
Felix R
FR
MacArthur Clark
Judy
J
D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000382:microbiology*; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006799:Housing, Animal; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D014691:Ventilation