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Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice Proceedings of the 1998 US/Japan Conference (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Opening Remarks (Vaitukaitis)
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... Nomura, Kagiuama, Held, and Allen as well as other important contributors has immensely enhanced the genetic and microbiologic integrity of laboratory rat and mouse colonies, not only in the United States and Japan, but worldwide. Advanced microbiologic monitoring for major infectious agents and improved diagnostic techniques for diseases now safeguard our valuable but fragile resource investments, including specific pathogen-free animals.
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... As production of transgenic rats becomes routine in many laboratories, including commercial settings, well-characterized, genetically altered rat models will contribute significantly to studies of human biology and disease. Mouse and rat model systems will further enable investigators to discover gene function by linking physiology, genetics, and clinical phenotypes.
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