title: "Standardization through mechanization". Germ-free life and the engineering of the ideal laboratory animal.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (CHSTM), University of Manchester, UK.
authors.forename: Robert G W
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Kirk
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards*; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D049673:History, 20th Century; D012015:Reference Standards; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms