Health Monitoring
The quality control program of National Laboratory Animal Center, Mahidol University (NLAC-MU) performs a complete investigation of the health status of itslaboratory animals to assure the health quality of NLAC-MU animals. We promptlyprovide a current Health monitoring report of our animals 4 times a year.
The health monitoring system is divided into two categories :
Pathophysiological monitoring | |
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Necropsy | Histopathology |
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Hematology | Clinical chemistry |
Microbiological monitoring | ||||||
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Item | Animals | Method | ||||
Mouse | Rat | Hamster | Guinea-pig | Rabbit | ||
Virus | Serology | |||||
Sialodacryoadenitis virus | x | ELISA, IFA | ||||
Sendai virus | x | x | x | x | x | |
Mouse hepatitis virus | x | |||||
Bacteria | Serology & Cultivation | |||||
Mycoplasma pulmonis | x | x |
Culture ELISA, IFA |
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Salmonella spp. | x | x | x | x | x | Culture |
Citrobacter rodentium | x | Culture | ||||
Bordetella bronchiseptica | x | x | x | x | Culture | |
Corynebacteriun kutscheri | x | x | Culture | |||
Pasteurella pneumotropica | x | x | x | x | x | Culture |
Pasteurella multocida | x | x | x | Culture | ||
Streptococcus pneumoniae | x | x | x | x | x | Culture |
Streptococcus zooepidermicus | x | Culture | ||||
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis | x | x | Culture | |||
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | x | x | x | x | x | Culture |
Staphylococcus aureus | x | x | x | x | x | Culture |
Clostridium piliforme | x | x | x | x | x | ELISA, IFA |
Fungi | Cultivation | |||||
Dermatophyte | x | x | x | x | x | Culture |
Parasite | Microscopy | |||||
Giardia muris | x | x | Wet mount | |||
Spironucleus muris | x | x | x | Wet mount | ||
Syphacia spp. | x | x |
Wet mount & Scotch tape |
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Eimeria | x | x | x | x | Floatation | |
Arthropods | x | x | x | x | x | Scotch tape |