Lecture 3, January 17, 2007 Cory Brayton, DVM, Diplomate ACLAM, ACVP
Director, Phenotyping Core
Associate Professor, Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Background Strain Phenotypes
PDF Outline of Spontaneous Diseases in Commonly Used Background Strains and Stocks
(note before you print, this is 75 pages long)
PDF Poster handout: Background strain phenotypes Mouse Infectious Diseases and Impact on Research
PDF of part 1 PPT - Viral diseases (7MB)
PDF of part 2 PPT - Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic Diseases (9MB)
PDF Poster handout: Microbe related phenotypes GO TO JHU RAR Health Surveillance Information
Internet Resources Charles River (Crl) -- Find your mice & their Health Reports Harlan (Hsd, Ola) -- Find your mice & their Health Reports JAX (J) -- Find your mice & their Health Reports NCI Frederick (N, Cr) -- Find your mice & their Health Reports Taconic (Tac) -- Find your mice & their Health Reports MU RADIL DORA University of Missouri Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
Diseases of Research Animals, Mouse Diseases Site
Additional References Barthold, S. W. (2002). "Muromics": genomics from the perspective of the laboratory mouse." Comp Med 52(3): 206-23. Brayton, C., M. Justice, Montgomery, C. (2001). "Evaluating mutant mice: anatomic pathology." Vet Pathol 38(1): 1-19. Barthold, S. W. (2004). "Genetically altered mice: phenotypes, no phenotypes, and Faux phenotypes." Genetica 122(1): 75-88. Brayton C. Spontaneous diseases in commonly used inbred mouse strains. 2006. In Fox. J.G. & al. Ed’s. In THE MOUSE IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 2nd Ed. ACLAM series. Elsevier. Hedrich H. Ed. 2004. THE HANDBOOK OF EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS SERIES: THE LABORATORY MOUSE. Elsevier. Percy, D. H. and S. W. Barthold (2001). Pathology of Laboratory Rodents and Rabbits. Ames, IA, Iowa State University Press. Suckow M, Danneman P, Brayton C. 2001. THE LABORATORY MOUSE. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, . (Taylor & Francis, UK). Sundberg JP, Boggess D, Ed’s. 2002. Systematic Approach to Evaluation of Mouse Mutations. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. (Taylor & Francis, UK) | 
