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Microbial Status and Genetic Evaluation of Mice and Rats: Proceedings of the 1999 US/Japan Conference (2000)
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (ILAR)

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Microbial Status and Genetic Evaluation of Mice and Rats: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1999 US/JAPAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20218

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by Grant No. N0-0D-4-2139 between the National Academies and the National Institutes of Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

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Front Matter (R1-R16)
Opening Remarks, Judith Vaitukaitis (1-3)
Opening Remarks, Shin-Ichi Ota (4-5)
Introductory Comments on Microbiologic Testing of Laboratory Mice and Rats: Uniformity of Results (6-6)
Development of a Performance Assessment Program for Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratories and Defining Microbiologic Testing Standards (7-10)
Standardization of Rodent Health Surveillance: Regulation Versus Competition (11-15)
Factors Causing Difficulties in Uniformity of Results Among Testing Facilities in Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals (16-20)
Necessity of Reexamining the Pathogenicity and Elimination of Parasites in Rats and Mice (21-26)
Emerging (and Reemerging) Viruses of Laboratory Mice and Rats (27-34)
Emerging Infections as a Cause of Concern (35-39)
Emerging Diseases in Mice and Rats (40-43)
Survey of Heliobacter Species in Laboratory Mice and Gerbils in Japan (44-46)
Genetic Evaluation of Outbred Rats (47-50)
Genetic Evaluation of Outbred Rats from the Breeder's Perspective (51-64)
Concept for Establishment of Rat Outbred Global Standard Strains (65-76)
Necessity of Genetic and Microbiologic Quality Network from the Pharmaceutical Industry's Perspective (77-84)
International Harmonization of Laboratory Animals (85-96)
Rat Genetics and Toxicology (97-104)
A Phenotype-driven Approach to the Molecular and Functional Analysis of the Mouse Genome (105-115)
Evaluation of Targeted Mutations (116-118)
Defining Behavioral Phenotypes in Transgenic and Knockout Mice (119-129)
Defining Phenotype in Genetically Engineered Mice (130-131)
Development of the Mouse Model Dramatype for Human Clinical Benefit (132-136)
Concluding Remarks (137-137)
Implication of Wild-derived Genes, Mitochondria, and Chromosomes in the Genetic Background of Mouse Models for Diseases and Biologic Functions (138-141)
Concluding Comments, John Strandberg (142-143)
Concluding Remarks, John Vandenbergh (144-146)
Appendix A (147-148)
Appendix B (149-150)