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ArticleJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS2017

Results of Survey Regarding Prevalence of Adventitial Infections in Mice and Rats at Biomedical Research Facilities.

James O Marx, Diane J Gaertner, Abigail L Smith

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Article in Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  5. A Cross-sectional Survey on Rodent Environmental Health Monitoring Practices: Benchmarking, Associations, and Barriers.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2023
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  6. Autoclaved Diet with Inactivated Spores ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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  12. PCR Prevalence of Murine Opportunistic Microbes and their Mitigation by Using Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2019
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  14. PCR Testing of Filter Material from IVC Lids for Microbial Monitoring of Mouse Colonies.Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2018
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  15. Ivermectin-compounded Feed Compared with Topical Moxidectin-Imidacloprid for Eradication ofJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

James O MarxDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Diane J GaertnerDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Abigail L SmithDepartment of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;, Email: abigail4@upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Control of rodent adventitial infections in biomedical research facilities is of extreme importance in assuring both animal welfare and high-quality research results. Sixty-three U.S. institutions participated in a survey reporting the methods used to detect and control these infections and the prevalence of outbreaks from 1 January 2014 through 31 December 2015. These results were then compared with the results of 2 similar surveys published in 1998 and 2008. The results of the current survey demonstrated that the rate of viral outbreaks in mouse colonies was decreasing, particularly in barrier facilities, whereas the prevalence of parasitic outbreaks has remained constant. These results will help our profession focus its efforts in the control of adventitial rodent disease outbreaks to the areas of the greatest needs.

Indexed as

Animals, LaboratoryAnimalsDisease OutbreaksHumansMiceOpportunistic InfectionsParasitic Diseases, AnimalPrevalenceRatsRodent DiseasesUnited StatesVirus Diseases

Identifiers

PMID28903823
PMCPMC5605176
OpenAlexW2985928065

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