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The role of the veterinary staff in mouse breeding colony management

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The rapid increase in the production and use of transgenic mice has been a boon for biomedical research and a challenge for the animal care and use programs responsible for providing housing and medical care to these animals. The authors suggest ways in which the veterinary staff can successfully organize and manage transgenic mouse breeding programs to reduce uncontrolled breeding and the problems associated with it.

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Figure 1: Numbers of mice from one breeding pair.
Figure 2: Example of a mother mouse health record.

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  1. Center for Veterinary Medicine, US Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, 20855, MD

    Victoria Hampshire VMD

  2. National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, MD

    Judith A. Davis DVM

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Hampshire, V., Davis, J. The role of the veterinary staff in mouse breeding colony management. Lab Anim 34, 45–49 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0405-45

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