DLAR Rodent Health Update

April 22, 2010

Post-outbreak management

• BERG– Furmites*– Mouse Parvovirus

• PCAF – Mouse Parvovirus

• Continued surveillance– Pinworms

*current

Berg 806 Furmites• March 30th, export found to have “furmites” by

recipient institution & treated at their facility

• Follow-up sampling of room=ALL NEG

• All furred mice treated April 16th

• Follow-up testing at q2 weeks for 10 weeks to be done

BERG 576 MPV Completed

• 1 seropositive sentinel Dec. 31st on routine HM

• Follow-up sentinels replaced Fri., Jan. 15th and tested for 12 weeks to April 12th

• ALL triweekly results NEGATIVE

Berg 807(577)Furmites Treated & Completed

• Found Oct. 27th & Treated Nov. 23rd

• A small population of a single line was not treated & all mice repeatedly tested NEG for 5 weeks of sampling

• Biweekly NEG results for 10 weeks to Feb. 1st

PCAF B9 MPV Completed

• 1 of 2 sentinel cages confirmed as MPV positive on routine HM Dec. 1st .

• ALL follow-up triweekly new sentinel results NEGATIVE through March 23rd .

Pinworm pcr

• Results for half of rooms treated in past NEG thus far. Other half pending.

• Routine semiannual testing in Berg

Date Title Venue Time

April 27Tuesday

Lecture Seminar: Mouse Breeding 101

Smilow CR A (12 participants)

1:00-2:00 pm

May 14 Friday

Rodents’ Basic Techniques Workshop(basic techniques, blood collection, sites of injection, oral admin,

euthanasia)

Room 683(8)

2:00- 3:30pm

June 18 Friday

Rodents’ Basic Techniques Workshop

Room 683(8)

2:00-3:30 pm

June 21Monday

Lecture Seminar: Aseptic Rodent Surgical Techniques

Smilow CR A 1:00 -2:00 pm

DLAR webpage

• http://www.med.nyu.edu/dlar

• COMING SOON “Non-vendor Import & Rederivation” tracking.