PUBLICATION
Specific Pathogen Free - A review of strategies in agriculture, aquaculture, and laboratory mammals and how they inform new recommendations for laboratory zebrafish
- Authors
- Murray, K.N., Clark, T.S., Kebus, M.J., Kent, M.L.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-211207-10
- Date
- 2021
- Source
- Research in Veterinary Science 142: 78-93 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Animals, Disease, Research, Specific pathogen free, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
- none
- PubMed
- 34864461 Full text @ Res. Vet. Sci.
Citation
Murray, K.N., Clark, T.S., Kebus, M.J., Kent, M.L. (2021) Specific Pathogen Free - A review of strategies in agriculture, aquaculture, and laboratory mammals and how they inform new recommendations for laboratory zebrafish. Research in Veterinary Science. 142:78-93.
Abstract
Specific pathogen-free (SPF) animals are bred and managed to exclude pathogens associated with significant morbidity or mortality that may secondarily pose a risk to public health, food safety and food security, and research replicability. Generating and maintaining SPF animals requires detailed biosecurity planning for control of housing, environmental, and husbandry factors and a history of regimented pathogen testing. Successful programs involve comprehensive risk analysis and exclusion protocols that are rooted in a thorough understanding of pathogen lifecycle and modes of transmission. In this manuscript we review the current state of SPF in domestic agriculture (pigs and poultry), aquaculture (salmonids and shrimp), and small laboratory mammals. As the use of laboratory fish, especially zebrafish (Danio rerio), as models of human disease is expanding exponentially, it is prudent to define standards for SPF in this field. We use the guiding principles from other SPF industries and evaluate zebrafish pathogens against criteria to be on an SPF list, to propose recommendations for establishing and maintaining SPF laboratory zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping