Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Opening remarks / Shin-ichi Ota
  • Opening remarks / Judith L. Vaitukaitis
  • The need for defined rats and mice in biomedical research: problems, issues, and the current state of affairs / Tatsuji Nomura
  • The need for defined rats and mice in biomedical research: problems, issues, and the current state of affairs / Norikazu Tamaoki
  • The biological integrity of laboratory rodents / Robert O. Jacoby
  • Quality testing system for SPF animals in Japan and problems in the management of such systems / Toshio Itoh
  • Definition of microbiological status of rats and mice/The need for methods defining flora/International standards for terminology / Kazuaki Mannen
  • Development of rodent pathogen profiles and adequacy of detection technology / Steven H. Weisbroth
  • Current status of pathogen status in mice and rats / J. Russell Lindsey
  • Genetic background and phenotypes in animal models of human diseases / Kuzuo Moriwaki
  • Genetic and phenotypic definition of laboratory mice and rats/What constitutes an acceptable genetic-phenotypic definition / Hideki Katoh
  • Phenotype assessment requires more than a casual observation / Philip A. Wood
  • Genetic and phenotypic definion of mice and rats/What constitutes an acceptable genetic-phenotypic definition / Muriel T. Davisson
  • Genetic and phenotypic definition of laboratory mice and race/What constitutes an acceptable genetic-phenotypic definition / Joseph DeGeorge
  • CIEA/NCRR/NIH genetic and microbiological monitoring of mouse and rat resources: directions for the future / Tatsuji Nomura
  • CIEA/NCRR?NIH genetic and microbiological monitoring of mouse and rat resources: directions for the future / Neal West
  • Closing comments/Summary of presentations / Thomas J. Gill, III
  • Summary of presentations / Steven P. Pakes
  • Summary of presentations / Tatsuji Nomura.