THE CANDIDA INFECTED HENS EGG - AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL DEMONSTRATING SYSTEMIC ANTICANDIDA ACTIVITY

The Candida infected embryonated hen's egg is a realistic complement f or the model of the Candida infected mouse and can be used in the sear ch for new systemically active antimycotics. This alternative method i s rapid sensitive, convincing and inexpensive. The use of the embryona ted hen's egg in an anti-Candida screening can reduce the use of small laboratory animals to a considerable amount. Thus, with the help of t his new method pain and suffering of animals can be reduced in a part of the biologic-medical research in the sense of the animal protection law.