Assessing the Biosecurity Risk of Footwear as a Fomite for Transmission of Adventitious Infectious Agents to Mice
Michael B Palillo, Noah Mishkin, Mohamad I Atmane, Jack A Palillo, Sebastian E. Carrasco, Cheryl L Woods, Kenneth S Henderson, Neil S Lipman, Rodolfo J Ricart Arbona
This study assesses the biosecurity risk of footwear as a fomite for transmitting infectious agents to mice, finding that shoe debris and contact media did not cause illness in mice despite containing non-enzootic agents.
Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science · Jan 30, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology