Minimum testing required of mice received from other institutions:
Below is a list of the minimum testing that will be required prior to shipping. A health certificate, no older than 3 months, must be faxed/shipped to the receiving institution. This certificate must be received and reviewed before approval will be given to ship.
- Cilia-associated respiratory bacillus
- Lymphocytic choriomenengitis virus
- Mouse adenoviruses
- Mouse hepatitis virus
- Mouse parvoviruses
- Mouse rotavirus
- Mycoplasma pulmonis
- Pneumonia virus of mice
- Reovirus
- Sendai virus
- Theiler's virus (GD-7)
- Fur mites
- Pinworms
At this time CASE routinely uses Fenbendazole medicated feed or water source and dichlorvos in the bedding for three weeks as soon as the animals arrive.
Quarantine Testing:
Below is a list of tests to be performed while the mice are in quarantine. All researchers sending animals from a non-commercial source should attempt to send one or two additional animals to facilitate testing upon arrival. If additional animals are not available mice may be bred while in quarantine to generate the needed sentinels..
Serology:
- Cilia-associated respiratory bacillus
- Clostridium piliforme (Tyzzer's disease)
- Ectromelia
- Lymphocytic choriomenengitis virus
- Mouse adenoviruses
- Mouse cytomegalovirus
- Mouse hepatitis virus
- Mouse parvoviruses
- Mouse rotavirus
- Mycoplasma pulmonis
- Pneumonia virus of mice
- Reovirus
- Sendai virus
- Theiler's virus (GD-7)
- Polyoma virus
- Encephalotozoon cuniculi
Skin scraping/fur pluck examination:
Perineal tape examination, fecal floatation and cecal saline examination:
Length of quarantine time for animals:
If testing is done immediately after arrival, four weeks is the minimum amount of time required to release the animals into regular colonies. A one-week minimum period is appropriate for animals to recover from the stress of traveling and new environment prior to phenotyping. CASE permits limited breeding and experimental use of animals while in quarantine. A maximum of 7 cage spaces per line may be occupied. Breeding may be used to generate mice for testing and/or rederivation if sufficient numbers of mice were not available on arrival.
Cages:
- Bedding: Bed-O-Cob bedding will be used, changed every week.
- Ventilation: Static microisolator cages will be used.
- Watering Systems: Water bottles.
- Cage Capacity:
Female: maximum 4/cage minimum 2/cage Male: maximum 2/cage (monitor for signs of stress)
Harland Teklad #7960irradiated chow with fenbendazole, or
PMI P3000 irradiated chow.
Shipping:
Menlo ( Emery Worldwide) Domestic
- Phone: 1-800-443-6379
MarkenTime Critical Express Domestic and International
- Phone: 1-800-932-6755
Excel (University;s Customs Broker)
- Phone: 440-243-5900
- Account Representative- Amy
World Courier Domestic and International
- Phone: 1-800-537-1712
- Contact: Todd King
AirNet Domestic and International
- Phone: 1-888-888-8463
- Contact- Scott Engle
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