title: Microbiological monitoring in individually ventilated cage systems.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Comparative Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. susan.compton@yale.edu
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: Felix R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Homberger
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: MacArthur Clark
mesh_terms: 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