title: Quality assurance of animal watering systems.
abstract: Contaminants in the water supplied to laboratory animals pose a serious threat to both the health and welfare of the animals and the reliability of experimental data. The authors assess various systems for water purification, and suggest strategies for matching water quality assurance to the needs of the facility and its users.
authors.affiliation: Edstrom Industries, Inc., 819 Bakke Ave., Waterford, WI 53185-4299, USA. eric@edstrom.com
authors.forename: Eric K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Edstrom
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Curran
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D007756:Laboratory Animal Science / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014871:Water Microbiology / Q000592:standards; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards