Abstract:
The aim of this work was to evaluate the health status and environmental conditions of the colony of BALB/c mice maintained in an Animal Facility of the Lauro de Souza Lima Institute. Parasitological and microbiological tests with enriched and selective culture media were used to identify zoonotic and potentially pathogenic agents from skin, hair, respiratory and enteric tracts of the animals and fungal flora of the environment. This study proposed to verify colonization of Mycoplasma sp. and Bo… Show more
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