TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vergara, Patri
AU  - Ballard, Gregory
AU  - Besch-Williford, Cynthia
AU  - Hayashimoto, Nobuhito
AU  - Pekow, Cynthia
AU  - Perez, Ana
AU  - Schmidt, Katja
AU  - Shek, William
AU  - Toft, Martin
AU  - Yoshiki, Atsushi
TI  - ICLAS LAQ Network for the Promotion of Animal Quality in Research.
JO  - ILAR journal
VL  - 62
IS  - 3
SN  - 0018-9960
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
M1  - DKFZ-2022-00544
SP  - 337-342
PY  - 2021
N1  - 2021 Dec 31;62(3):337-342
AB  - ICLAS Laboratory Animal Quality Network (LAQN) programs currently consist of the Performance Evaluation Program (PEP), which focuses on microbial monitoring by and for laboratory animal diagnostic laboratories, and the Genetic Reference Monitoring Program (GENRef), which provides assay-ready reference DNA for genetic testing of mouse strains. Since 2008, PEP has grown to become a truly international program with participating laboratories in 5 continents. Launched in 2016, GENRef currently distributes DNA from 12 common inbred mouse strains for use in genetic monitoring of locally inbred colonies as well as for genetic testing of stocks, particularly genetically engineered stocks, of uncertain origins. GENRef has the capacity to include additional strains as well as additional species. PEP and GENRef provide the reagents at cost, as a resource to the international scientific community, in the interest of improving research quality in an environment of growing concern for research quality, rigor, and reproducibility.
KW  - animal models (Other)
KW  - diagnostic testing (Other)
KW  - genetic testing (Other)
KW  - mice (Other)
KW  - quality control (Other)
KW  - rats (Other)
KW  - reproducibility of results (Other)
KW  - virus (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:35325131
DO  - DOI:10.1093/ilar/ilac003
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/179262
ER  -