Microbiological contaminations of laboratory mice and rats in conventional facilities in Argentina
| Autor: | Cecilia Carbone, Fabricio Alejandro Maschi, Martín Carriquiriborde, Florencia Gentil, María del Pilar Cagliada, Silvana Milocco, Guido Mariano Principi, Estela Rogers, Juan Martín Laborde, Miguel Ángel Ayala |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Microbiology (medical) Veterinary medicine Rodent Argentina medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Animal Diseases Serology Mice 03 medical and health sciences Mouse hepatitis virus Animals Laboratory biology.animal Parasitic Diseases medicine Animals Tritrichomonas 0303 health sciences biology 030306 microbiology Pseudomonas aeruginosa Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Bacterial Infections General Medicine Contamination biology.organism_classification Rats Proteus Virus Diseases Female |
| Zdroj: | Revista Argentina de Microbiología. 52:96-100 |
| ISSN: | 0325-7541 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ram.2019.05.003 |
| Popis: | Routine microbiological monitoring of rodent colonies in animal facilities is essential to evaluate the health status of the animals used in research studies. In the present study, animals were examined for the presence of selected microbial infections. In order to determine the contamination rates of mice and rats in Argentina, animals from 102 conventional facilities were monitored from 2012 to 2016. The most frequent bacteria isolated were Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus spp. The common parasites identified were Syphacia spp. and Tritrichomonas spp. Serological assays demonstrated the highest prevalence for Mouse hepatitis virus in mice and Sialodacryoadenitis virus in rats. The results indicate that there is a high incidence of infections, so it is suggested that an efficient management system and effective sanitary barriers should be implemented in conventional facilities in Argentina in order to improve sanitary standards. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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