Automatic Rearing System of Mice and Transmission of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract

Mice either excreting or not excreting Pseudomonas aeruginosa in feces were maintained in stainless steel mesh cages on an automated rearing apparatus with automatic water-supply nozzles and intermittently flushing metal racks. No evidence of transmission of the organisms from positive mice to negative ones was obtained during at least eight weeks.