An extended soiled bedding sentinel system

Authors

  • Tage Waller Laboratory Animal Unit, Karolinska Institutet
  • Patricia Hedenqvist Laboratory Animal Unit, Karolinska Institutet
  • Krister Iwarsson Laboratory Animal Unit, Karolinska Institutet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23675/sjlas.v24i3.811

Abstract

A soiled bedding sentinel system with rack sentinels and mom sentinels is described. Rack sentinels get soiled bedding from the other cages in the rack. the room sentinels get soiled bedding from the rack sentinels Only room sentinels are regularly
tested. The method is economically effective and labor saving and has on two occasions proved efficient when mouse corona virus has appeared in an animal depanment at the Karolinska Institute.

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Published

01.12.1997

How to Cite

Waller, T., Hedenqvist, P., & Iwarsson, K. (1997). An extended soiled bedding sentinel system. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science, 24(3). https://doi.org/10.23675/sjlas.v24i3.811

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 3 (1997)

Section

Articles