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 |