Publications by authors named "Naoko Kagiyama"
Article Synopsis
- The study assesses the microbiological status of over 14,000 mice and 1,500 rats in various research facilities across Japan, using different testing methods.
- Staphylococcus aureus was found to be the most common microbe in both species, with higher prevalence in rats (58.6%) compared to mice (18.8%).
- Other notable findings included murine norovirus and various intestinal protozoa in mice, and different opportunistic pathogens in rats, indicating that the prevalent microbes are mostly low-pathogenic.
The first trial in the developmental phase of the "Performance Evaluation Program" based on the new programs of the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) was carried out. ICLAS supplied test samples to each diagnostic laboratory for self-assessment of microbiological monitoring methods. We found that 1 mouse serum sample was positive for mouse minute virus and another was positive for Mycoplasma pulmonis antibodies, and 1 rat serum sample was positive for Sendai virus antibody.
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