Animal Care and Use Program Manual, Division of Animal Resources G. Special Considerations 1. If there is a question, various vendor information brochures, journal articles, and books are made available to the investigator.
All parties are satisfied before the protocol is approved.
The Director advises investigators on the standardized nomenclature for animals in a study. The investigator gets a copy of this form for his records and for reference when writing papers. Program for genetic monitoring on inhouse breeding colonies For opossums - after a successful breeding of original opossums, a breeding schedule for F2, F3, and F4 generations has been set up to assure random selection. For Zucker rats - original breeders are paired together as long as they reproduce. The offspring are used for research and none are retained as breeders.