Patent ID: 9491933
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A01K,C12Q

Claim Text:
1. A method for preparing an infected nail which is infected with a superficial fungus, comprising: compromising immunity of an experimental animal by administering an immunosuppressive agent; inoculating a nail of the experimental animal with the superficial fungus to infect the nail of the experimental animal, wherein the inoculated nail is enclosed by a finger stall to maintain a wet state of the inoculated nail; and isolating the inoculated nail from the experimental animal, wherein the experimental animal's weight in the inoculating step is decreased by 1%-30% from the weight prior to the administration of the immunosuppressive agent, wherein the fungal cells are present in the nail extremity side, the nail middle part and the nail matrix side of each the nail plate side and the nail bed side, wherein the proportion of the area occupied by the fungal cells relative to the overall cross-section area of the inoculated nail is between 4% and 7.9%, and wherein the fungal cells are present more in bed side of the inoculated nail than in the nail plate side of the inoculated nail.