Mouse Health Surveillance

Our experts will work with you to design a customized program to identify potential health threats within your laboratory animal colonies.

The Mouse PRIA (PCR Rodent Infectious Agent) Panels enable you to directly screen incoming animals for viruses, bacteria and parasites.
Since animals are sampled just days after arrival and testing is completed in 5 business days, quarantine can be reduced to as little as 2 weeks, saving you time and money compared to a typical sentinel-based quarantine program.
White Paper: Comparison of Charles River PRIA Panels to Standard Diagnostic Methodologies (March 2012)

In a typical routine health surveillance program, sentinel animals are screened quarterly:
- Annual whole animal Health Monitoring (HM) Protocol (includes necropsy, serology, parasitology, microbiology, histopathology, PCR)
- Quarterly serology for the most prevalent agents

We provide prompt and thorough diagnostic necropsy evaluation of sick animals to assist in the detection of unexpected disease. Our ACVP board-certified veterinary pathologists will review the history and devise an assessment plan. To ensure the welfare of the sick animals, all diagnostic cases are given priority and processed immediately upon receipt.

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