Health monitoring of recovered stock. The control embryos will be thawed and cultured for 24 hours to verify run viability. This only verifies adequacy of the freeze run parameters, it does not verify that the client s cryopreserved embryos will develop into pups, reproduce, and transfer a transgene. Taconic will keep the client informed of progress throughout the process. This includes number of eggs obtained, verification results, and cryopreservation logs.
All embryos are the property of the client.
The client will be charged a yearly storage fee if the embryos are stored at Taconic's facility. The client may have the embryos transferred to their facility at anytime as long as all payments are current. All client provided animals are the sole and exclusive property of the client. Taconic shall only mate such animals for purposes of completing the client's Cryopreservation Program. Taconic shall only release such animals, or embryos derived from them, to the client or its designee in accordance with the directions of authorized client personnel.