Research Animal Resources Rodent Rederivation Services Research Animal Resources and the Mouse Manipulative Genetics Laboratory of the Cancer Center are collaborating to provide rodent rederivation services by embryo transfer. Adventitious rodent viruses, bacteria, and parasites can affect the results of certain types of studies. Animals will be superovulated, and the embryos harvested and transferred into SPF females. The offspring will be tested for 21 different agents.
Investigators are responsible for per-diem costs on all animals, except the embryo recipients.
Animal Tissue Sharing Program Research Animal Resources maintains a database of investigators who have animal tissues they are willing to share with other investigators, and of investigators who are seeking tissues. Sharing tissues between laboratories is an excellent way of reducing the overall numbers of animals used in research and teaching. Tissues are cataloged according to species, tissue type, method of preservation, date available, date needed, and any manipulations that have been performed on the animal.