%0 Journal Article
%T Comparison of two prevalent individually ventilated caging systems for detection of murine infectious agents via exhaust air particles
%A Esther Mahabir
%A Kenneth S Henderson
%A Patrick Hardy
%A Stephanie Durand
%J Laboratory Animals
%@ 1758-1117
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0023677218785929
%X We compared the efficacies of two different individually ventilated cage systems (Allentown and Tecniplast) for health monitoring (HM) of murine infectious agents using exhaust air particle (EAP) capture and real-time PCR. After three months of monitoring, both EAP capture media allowed detection of Helicobacter, Pasteurella and Entamoeba. Use of the EAP real-time PCR for HM reduces the number of mice used
%K exhaust air particle (EAP)
%K health monitoring
%K Sentinel capture medium
%K Interceptor
%K real-time PCR
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0023677218785929