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Standardization of Rodent Health Surveillance: Regulation Versus Competition
Pages 11-15

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... . In Europe, an attempt is being made to standardize rodent health monitoring through recommendations promulgated by the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA)
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... In the United States, there is minimal governmental regulation of laboratory animal testing, although the USDA does license veterinary diagnostic test kits, including those developed to test rodents. Despite the dearth of regulatory oversight, there have been continual and substantial improvements in the health of laboratory rodents and the breadth and quality of rodent diagnostic services.
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... Surveillance Without prescriptions from governmental agencies, commercial and noncommercial laboratory animal vendors are screening their colonies for largely the same infectious agents, including most exogenous viruses, primary and opportunistic bacteria, and ecto- and endoparasites. With regard to sample size and frequency, it appears that serology for viral antibodies is performed on a monthly to quarterly basis, whereas other types of health monitoring, bacteriology, and parasitology are performed on a quarterly basis.
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... Comparative serology results recently reported by the European Laboratory Animal Health Monitoring Club, however, showed substantial agreement among laboratories, albeit for a limited number of viruses and other microorganisms (six and Needham 1996~. Microorganisms Emerging rodent pathogens are continually being discovered by laboratory animal microbiologists.
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... There is strong competition among microbiologists, laboratory animal suppliers, and diagnostic laboratories to discover and publish on important etiologic agents, to provide the highest quality SPF rodents, and to offer the most complete and accurate testing services, respectively. Laboratory animal suppliers have had to conform to the de facto standards that are set by their competitors and the demands of the research community.
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