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Investigators
wishing to import rodents into Harvard Medical Area
Animal Facilities from sources not under care of the
ARCM veterinary staff must comply with quarantine requirements.
Candidates for housing in Specific Pathogen Free facilities
animals will be temporarily housed for an eight weeks'
evaluation period in ARCM quarantine rooms. Release
from quarantine depends on the results of tests conducted
during this period. Eligibility for quarantine depends
on the health status of the animal facility at the donor
institution, the availability of quarantine space and
the availability of housing space in the destination
designated in the quarantine application. An approved
Animal Experimentation Protocol is a prerequisite for
use of these facilities as is an established financial
relationship between the investigator and the ARCM.
The quarantine
process exists to ensure, to the greatest extent practicable,
that animals entering the barrier are free of excluded
rodent pathogens.
List
of Excluded Rodent Disease Agents
Quaratine
Process Description
Quarantine
Process for Animals from Foreign Sources (Outside USA)
Quarantine
Process for Animals from Domestic Sources
Animals
in Quarantine
After
Quarantine
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