New alternate animal model antibodies from from BD Pharmingen By Jennifer Bickel BD PharMingen is proud to announce new reagents for Dog, Rabbit, Pig, and Guinea Pig research. Studies in these animal have greatly expanded our understanding of immunology, providing models for a variety of immuno-logical studies, including bone marrow transplantation, xenogeneic organ transplantation, allergy, and immunity. BD PharMingen is committed to expanding these product lines to support your research. The dog has been a long-standing research model for investigation of new drugs in toxicity trials and a valuable model for bone marrow transplantation.
Dogs develop many of the same immunological diseases as humans.
They represent an ideal non-rodent, small animal model in which to study the immunology and pathogenesis of certain diseases. Rabbits have been shown to be more closely related to primates than are rodents by studies of DNA and protein sequences. Rabbits are useful models for study of cardiovascular diseases, pulmonary inflamma-tion, papillomavirus, and osteoarthrosis. Pigs resemble man in skin structure, immune system, and cardio-pulmonary physiology. They are used in studies of allo- and xenotransplantation, atherosclerosis, kidney disease, and diabetes.