Particulate Matter in Animal Rooms Housing Mice in Microisolation Caging

This paper concludes that considering the heat load, odor, and overall particulate concentration in the room, placing individually ventilated caging under negative pressure with exhaust air returned to the HVAC system appears to be the optimal overall choice when using microisolation housing for rodents. Animal Care Systems is the original direct-exhaust negative pressure IVC System. Keywords: Room Ventilation, allergens, Laboratory Animal Allergy, ACH, air changes per hour; cfm, cubic feet per minute; air quality, negative exhaust, direct exhaust ventilation, EVC

Langham, Gregory L; Hoyt, Robert F; Johnson, Thomas E. Particulate Matter in Animal Rooms Housing Mice in Microisolation Caging. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, Volume 45, Number 6, November 2006, pp. 44-48(5). http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aalas/jaalas/2006/00000045/00000006/art00008