mouse unit

A mouse unit (MU) is the amount of toxin required to kill a 20g mouse in 15 minutes via intraperitoneal injection.{{cite journal|last1=Llewellyn|first1=LE|last2=Endean|first2=R|title=Toxins extracted from Australian specimens of the crab, Eriphia sebana (Xanthidae).|journal=Toxicon |date=1989|volume=27|issue=5|pages=579–86|pmid=2749756|doi=10.1016/0041-0101(89)90119-0|bibcode=1989Txcn...27..579L }}{{cite book|last1=Nollet|first1=Leo M. L.|last2=Toldra|first2=Fidel|title=Safety Analysis of Foods of Animal Origin|date=2010|publisher=CRC Press|location=Hoboken|isbn=9781439848197|page=584|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGXfsKDP4lcC&pg=PA584|access-date=10 February 2017|language=en}} Mouse units are measured by a mouse bioassay, and are commonly used in the shellfish industry when describing relative toxicities for assessing food safety levels for human consumption.{{cite web|last1=Fleming|first1=Lora E|title=Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning|url=https://www.whoi.edu/science/B/redtide/illness/psp.html|website=Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution|access-date=10 February 2017}}