KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 (Bernama) -- Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically-engineered rodent model solutions has announced commercial mouse colonies and contract mouse breeding barriers are free of a newly-discovered pathogen.
According to a statement, Taconic is the first and only commercial animal vendor to exclude mouse kidney parvovirus (MKPV) from its animals at all health standards.
The company has utilised a diagnostic assay developed by a testing partner to screen all commercial mouse locations for the agent and resulted that all commercial mouse colonies and contract breeding barriers are negative from MKPV.
Taconic has credited these results to a strong biosecurity programme, which includes practices and procedures to prevent entry or spread of viral contaminants as the agent has significant clinical impact in immunodeficient mice and may cause mild nephropathy.
The company has routinely evaluated its health testing programme and refined it, based on scientific findings and customer feedback. Regular testing will commence in July this year, while MKPV test results will start appearing on health reports on June 4.
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