AALAS/FELASA Working Group on Health Monitoring of rodents for animal transfer.
AALAS/FELASA Working Group on Health Monitoring of rodents for animal transfer.
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AALAS/FELASA 动物转移啮齿动物健康监测工作组。
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
L. Riley
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作者:
K. Pritchett;J. Prins;R. Feinstein;J. Goodwin;W. Nicklas;L. Riley
The rise of the genetically modified rodent has seen the corresponding rise of shipments of animals around the world. Although there are fewer restrictions on shipment of cryopreserved rodent germplasm, not all institutions have the capacity to either easily generate germplasm from desired mice or to reconstitute germplasm into live animals. Thus, live rodents are still moved internationally and this has necessitated close attention to animal health and animal health reporting. In some cases, regional organizations have suggested minimally acceptable health monitoring (HM) programs as well as reporting formats 7. The reporting of institutional health monitoring results remains wildly disparate, however, experience from FELASA countries shows that recommendations on a common reporting format may lead to more uniform reporting. Disparity in reporting not only creates uncertainty, but increases the time necessary to critically review results as well as increasing the overall number of communications between institutions as part of the shipping process, both of which slow the acquisition process. In addition, the lack of a reporting standard can lead to critical information being missed, which may result in the introduction of an unwanted agent to a facility. Recently, the FELASA health monitoring recommendations have been revised and are now freely available.4 In the meantime, a joint working group established by of FELASA and AALAS has evaluated the potential for a common health report to be used for international transfer. This proposed health report is more detailed than that suggested by the FELASA Working Group on Health Monitoring, but is inclusive of the changes that group made.