Table 1.

Specific-pathogen-free (SPF) status. SPF conditions excluded the following microorganisms.

Viruses	Bacteria	Fungi	Parasites
Kilham rat virus	Bordetella bronchiseptica	Trichophyton	Aspiculuris tetraptera
Ectromelia virus	Clostridium piliforme (Tyzzer disease)	Microsporum canis	Syphacia muris
Sendai virus	Corynebacterium kutscheri		Syphacia obvelata
Sialodacryoadenitis/ rat coronavirus	Leptospira		Trichossomoides crassicaule
Hantavirus	Mycoplasma spp.		Strongyloides ratti
Mouse adenovirus	M. pulmonis,		Capillaria hepatica
Reovirus type 3	M. arthritidis		Multiceps serialis larva
Mouse hepatitis virus	Salmonella spp.		Hydatigera taeniaeformis larva
Theilevirus	Streptobacillus moniliformis		Hymenolepis sp.
Rotavirus			Leptopsylla segnis
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV)			Myobia musculeux
Minute virus of mice (MVM/MPV)			Myocoptes musculosa
			Nosopsyllus fasciatus
			Notoedres muris
			Sarcoptes scabiei
			Polyplax sp.
			Psoregates simplex
			Radfordia sp.
			Trichoecius sp.
			Hoplopleura sp.