Two considerations about the current National Standard of Laboratory Animals
10.3969/j.issn.1671-7856.2016.02.002
- VernacularTitle:关于现行《国标》两个问题的思考
- Author:
Qin LI
;
Wenqing CHU
;
Xiangfei KONG
;
Yunlong CHENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Macaque;
B virus;
Diet;
Hardness/crispness degree
- From:
Chinese Journal of Comparative Medicine
2016;26(2):4-6
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
According the current National standard for laboratory animal, herpes B virus antibody must be tested and negative for all the breed/tested macaques,howere,in fact the positive rate is around 60-70% in breeding colony. Being the National Standard, if it is too far from the reality of the filed, weighing and changing should be made.Hardness/crispness degree of laboratory animal diet never been considered as a listed value in the National Standard for Laboratory Animal to identify the quality of diet.In fact, this index affects a lot about daily diet intake and physiological status of laboratory animals.Hereby, the authors suggest to take the index into the National Standard, to assess the quality of laboratory animal diet in a more comprehensive way.
