Infectious Agent Technical Information

What to Do if Your Facility Experiences a Contamination with an Agent of Concern

If a contamination or outbreak finds its way into your facility, do not panic. Your first line of defense should be to retest and confirm the result. One positive test result does not equal a contamination or outbreak. False positive test results can occur, even with the best of assays. Charles River will help you find a path forward that will minimize disruption, cost, and loss of research during resolution.

Understanding the infectious agents that can contaminate your research animal facility enables you to develop a plan to manage or prevent an outbreak. Charles River has created these technical sheets for viruses, bacteria/fungi, and parasites prevalent in laboratory research animals.

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PathogenBinder^®: A Refined and Standardized Soiled-Bedding Sampling Method for the Detection of Rodent Infectious Agents
Learn the best methodology for sentinel-animal free diagnostic testing in racks with cage-level filtration and get insight to the studies behind the development of the PathogenBinder^®.

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