The role of the veterinary staff in mouse breeding colony management.
The rapid increase in the production and use of transgenic mice has been a boon for biomedical research and a challenge for the animal care and use programs responsible for providing housing and medical care to these animals. The authors suggest ways in which the veterinary staff can successfully organize and manage transgenic mouse breeding programs to reduce uncontrolled breeding and the problems associated with it.
Hampshire
Victoria
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Center for Veterinary Medicine, US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, MD 20855, USA. vhampshi@cvm.fda.gov
Davis
Judith A
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D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic / Q000502:physiology; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*