The animals are housed in a dedicated plastic film isolator containing twelve mouse or six rat cages.
Husbandry is performed utilizing gnotobiotic techniques.
At the end of the six week period, Taconic provides documentation of the health tests performed by an independent diagnostic laboratory. Customers must supply a minimum of two breeding pairs plus two 'extra' mice for health monitoring. Evaluate imported animals for oxyurid ova. 2 Hold mice and rotate sentinels. 3 Hold mice and rotate sentinels.