1. DLAR Rodent Health Update April 22, 2010

2. Post-outbreak management BERG –Furmites* –Mouse Parvovirus PCAF –Mouse Parvovirus Continued surveillance –Pinworms *current

3. Berg 806 Furmites March 30 th, export found to have “furmites” by recipient institution & treated at their facility Follow-up sampling of room=ALL NEG All furred mice treated April 16 th Follow-up testing at q2 weeks for 10 weeks to be done

4. BERG 576 MPV Completed 1 seropositive sentinel Dec. 31 st on routine HM Follow-up sentinels replaced Fri., Jan. 15 th and tested for 12 weeks to April 12 th ALL triweekly results NEGATIVE

5. Berg 807(577) Furmites Treated & Completed Found Oct. 27 th & Treated Nov. 23 rd A small population of a single line was not treated & all mice repeatedly tested NEG for 5 weeks of sampling Biweekly NEG results for 10 weeks to Feb. 1 st

6. PCAF B9 MPV Completed 1 of 2 sentinel cages confirmed as MPV positive on routine HM Dec. 1 st. ALL follow-up triweekly new sentinel results NEGATIVE through March 23 rd.

7. Pinworm pcr Results for half of rooms treated in past NEG thus far. Other half pending. Routine semiannual testing in Berg

8. DateTitleVenueTime April 27 Tuesday Lecture Seminar: Mouse Breeding 101 Smilow CR A (12 participants) 1:00-2:00 pm May 14 Friday Rodents ’ Basic Techniques Workshop ( basic techniques, blood collection, sites of injection, oral admin, euthanasia ) Room 683 (8) 2:00- 3:30pm June 18 Friday Rodents ’ Basic Techniques Workshop Room 683 (8) 2:00-3:30 pm June 21 Monday Lecture Seminar: Aseptic Rodent Surgical Techniques Smilow CR A1:00 -2:00 pm

9. DLAR webpage http://www.med.nyu.edu/dlar COMING SOON “Non-vendor Import & Rederivation” tracking.