Soft Tissue Procedures

Charles River offers soft tissue surgical procedures in rat, mouse and guinea pig models at our AAALAC-accredited production facilities in North America. These procedures are conducted by our team of highly skilled animal surgeons, and may be combined with other surgical procedures, such as a vascular catheterization.

  • Adrenal Demedullation

  • Adrenalectomy 

  • Bile Duct Ligation

  • Castration

  • Cryptorchidism 

  • Hypophysectomy (pharyngeal), std weight

  • Hypophysectomy <75g or >200g

  • Hysterectomy

  • Nephrectomy – Unilateral

  • 5/6 Nephrectomy - Multiple survival

  • Olfactory Bulbectomy

  • Osteoarthritis Model (MIA)

  • Ovariectomy

  • Pancreatectomy

  • Parathyroidectomy

  • Portal Caval Shunt

  • Splenectomy

  • Splenic Denervation

  • Thymectomy

  • Thyroidectomy with parathyroid reimplant

  • Thyroidectomy + parathyroidectomy

  • Tubal Ligation – Bilateral

  • Tubal Ligation – Unilateral

  • Ureter Ligation

  • Vagotomy (Hepatic - standard procedure for mice)

  • Vagotomy – Stomach

  • Vagotomy (Sub-diaphragmatic - standard procedure for rats)

  • Vasectomy

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*A soft tissue procedure may be combined with a vascular catheter procedure.

If you are interested in a surgical procedure that is not listed in our surgical procedures listing, please contact Technical Services at 1.877.CRIVER.1 or askcharlesriver@crl.com to discuss the development of a customized procedure.

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