Preface Conference Planning Committee Wallace P. Rowe Speakers and ModeratorsI. Prelude 1. Welcome 2. Dedication 3. Opening Remarks 4. Introductory Remarks 5. Keynote Address II. Basic Biology and Pathogenetic Mechanisms 6. Sendai Virus 7. Biology of Rodent Mycoplasmas 8. Mycoplasmal Infections: Disease Pathogenesis, Implications for Biomédical Research, and Control 9. Isolation of a Newly Recognized Respiratory Pathogen of Laboratory Rats: The CAR Bacillus 10. Mouse Adenovirus, K Virus, Pneumonia Virus of Mice 11. Hemorrhagic Fever - Hantaan Virus 11a. Guidelines for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of Hantaan Virus Infection in Laboratory Animal Colonies 12. Mouse Rotavirus 13. Infectious Diarrhea of Infant Rats (IDIR) Induced by an Antigenically Distinct Rotavirus 14. The Theiler's Murine Encephalomyelitis Viruses 15. Reovirus Infection in Laboratory Rodents 16. The Rodent Parvoviruses 17. Murine Leukemia Viruses 18. Lactate Dehydrogenase-Elevating Virus 19. Cytomegalovirus and Other Herpesviruses of Mice and Rats 20. Herpesviruses and Retroviruses of Guinea Pigs 21. Mouse Polyoma and Other Papovaviruses 22. Principles of Immunobiology Learned from Investigation of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus and the Infection It Produces 23. Ectromelia Virus (Mousepox): Biology, Epizootiology, Prevention and Control 24. Mousepox: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Rederivation 25. Mouse Hepatitis Virus: Biology and Epizootiology 26. Mouse Hepatitis Virus: Molecular Biology and Implications for Pathogenesis 27. Rat Coronavirus III. Known and Potential Research Complications 28. Virus-Related Immunomodulation 29. Immunosuppression and Virus Infection of Rodents 30. Infectious Disease Research 31. Unexpected Biologic Consequences of Rederivation of Mouse Strains 32. Toxicology: Complications Caused by Murine Viruses and Mycoplasmas IV. Detection, Control, and Prevention of Infection in Rodent Colonies 33. Advances in Diagnostic Virology 34. Serologie Tests for Detection of Antibody to Rodent Viruses 35. Methods for Potential Application to Rodent Virus Isolation and Identification 36. Decision Making, Detection, Prevention and Control 37. Prevalence of Viral and Mycoplasmal Infections in Laboratory Rodents 38. Emerging Problems in Laboratory Animal Science and Suggested Direction for Future Research and Debate 39. A Suggested Check List for Effective Prevention of Infection of Rodent Colonies 40. Future Perspectives for the Control of Viral and Mycoplasmal Infections of Laboratory RodentsIndex
