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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jörg Schmidt, München, DE;
Markus Brielmeier, Garching, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/03 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/03 ;
Abstract
IVC rack system comprising a plurality of IVC cages for test animals which are supplied with sterile air, wherein samples of exhaust air from the IVC cages are supplied from sampling points to at least one sentinel cage housing sentinel animals as bio-indicators for the detection of infectious particles within the exhaust air samples, and to at least one particle sampling filter for the identification of pathogens.