Mouse Room Conditions

 

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Light-dark cycle: A 12 light/12 dark cycle is commonly used (7:00 am to 7:00 pm lights on)
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Temperature and humidity: The animal facility was maintained at 18~26℃ ,30~70% RH.
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Water and Diet: Mice are housed in cages and allow free access to reverse osmosis water with UV sterilization and chow diet (5053-PicoLab® Rodent Diet 20 [Protein, 21%; Fat, 11.3%, etc.].
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Bedding: Mice are generally housed in groups in cages lined with an absorbent bedding material at ambient temperature. LIGNOCEL® 3-4 S is used as the bedding material and its physical and chemical properties as following:
Color: yellow; Structure: fibrous; Grain size, main share: 2.0 mm -4.0 mm; bulk density : 90 g/l – 160 g/l; residue on ignition (850 °C, 4 h) : approx. 0.5 %; pH-value : 5.5 +/- 1.
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SPF List
Mice SPF List (12 items)
Detection Method
Detection Frequency

Ectromelia virus (Mouse Pox)

Mycoplasma pulmonis

ELISA Test

Seasonal

Mouse hepatitis virus (MHV)

Pneumonia virus of mice (PVM)

Theiler's murine encep-halomyelitis viurs (TMEV , GD VII)

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)

Minute virus of mice (MVM)

Mouse adenovirus (MAd)

Hantaan virus

Sendai virus

Mouse parvovirus (MPV)

Reovirus 3 (Reo3)
 
Rat SPF List (10 items)
Detection Method
Detection Frequency

Kilham rat virus (KRV)

Mycoplasma pulmonis

ELISA Test

Seasonal

Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)

Pneumonia virus of mice (PVM)

Rat parvovirus (RPV)

Rat Theilovirus(RTV)

Sialodacryoadenitis virus(SDAV)

Sendai virus

Hantaan virus

Reovirus 3 (Reo3)