Quarantine of Animals
Animal quarantine is an important process to segregate, isolate and determine the health and presence of adventitious agents in a population of animals. At 麻豆精品视频animals may be quarantined for a number of reasons including (but not limited to): Importation, transfer between campuses, treatment of contagious disease, and containment of a disease outbreak.
Rodent quarantine is handled by Comparative Medicine. Animals entering quarantine have restricted access to Comparative Medicine personnel only. No experimental procedures or breeding is allowed while animals are in quarantine as this increases the potential risk for disease transmission. The most common quarantine is due to importation of animals from non-approved vendors. Non-approved vendors typically include other academic or research institutions. These facilities often have health monitoring programs that are not as comprehensive as our approved vendors (see at聽/谤别蝉别补谤肠丑-补诲尘颈苍/肠辞尘辫补谤补迟颈惫别-尘别诲颈肠颈苍别/补辫辫谤辞惫别诲-惫别苍诲辞谤蝉/听).
Upon arrival into a 麻豆精品视频vivarium, the health of the animals are assessed by Comparative Medicine personnel and then the animals undergo a period of acclimatization prior to testing for excluded rodent pathogens. Animals testing negative for ALL excluded pathogens (see exclusion list by species and location at聽/谤别蝉别补谤肠丑-补诲尘颈苍/肠辞尘辫补谤补迟颈惫别-尘别诲颈肠颈苍别/补苍颈尘补濒-丑别补濒迟丑-蝉耻谤惫别颈濒濒补苍肠别/听) are then released to the general colony. The duration of quarantine is 3-8 weeks and is dependent upon: the source of the shipment (domestic versus international); the health reports from the shipping institution; the type of testing required for the shipment. On the average, expect international shipments to take 6-8 weeks and domestic to take 3 weeks.