Knowledge Base
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Catheterization - What to do when you need catheterized rodents but you don’t have a surgeon on staff?
Learn more about preconditioned animal models can be delivered to your lab.
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Caging systems - plastic cages for laboratory animals and their exploitation
Plastic cages for laboratory animals are made of polycarbonate and polysulphon. What are the basic properties of these materials, how to wash and sterilize plastic pet cages?
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Caging systems - How many laboratory animals can be maintain in a cage?
Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific provides detailed guidelines for the placement of animals in cages of different sizes. View key information about cage size requirements for laboratory animals.
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Caging systems - Allentown's IVC
Why Allentown's Indyvidually Ventilated Cages are distinguished and why are so good?
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Genetics - Strategies to minimize genetic drift and maximize experimental reproducibility in mouse research
How important is genetic stability in mouse research? Read about the best practise and methods in colony management that can be limit genetic drift.
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Genetics - International Genetic Standarization (IGS) Program
Check how Charles River manage outbred and inbred colonies to supply animals to conduct reliable and repeatable research.
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Genetic Quality Control of inbred and F1 hybrid rodent strains
Charles River Inbred Genetic Quality Control Program is the basis of inbred colony management, and the provision of animals for research with a clearly defined genetic lineage.