Breeding of Mice & Rats
Charles River provides a full-service rodent colony management program to deliver animals to you when you need them, in the exact quantities you specify, and with the health status that you require.
Our expert staff will work with you to:
- Develop and execute mouse or rat breeding plans
- Troubleshoot issues
- Deliver cohorts of study animals
In addition to providing breeding services, we can help streamline your technicians' workloads while capturing real-time data electronically on each animal. Our Internet Colony Management (ICM™) system complements our breeding services, comprehensively supporting your colonies.
| Service | Requirements | Deliverables | Estimated Timeline |
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Quarantine Services |
N/A |
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Production Breeding & Animal Holding Hold, breed, age and ship your animals |
Project-based |
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Project-based |
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In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Colony Expansion Cut time off your breeding timeline |
2-3 homo- or heterozygous males between 12 weeks and 6 months old* |
VAF/Elite® mice quantity is based on parameters of the project |
15 weeks |
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MAX-BAX® Speed Congenics Get a backcrossed colony in half the time |
2-3 homo- or heterozygous males between 12 weeks and 6 months old |
All fully congenic mice produced |
15 months |
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Colony Startup Package Get an established colony quickly |
2-3 homo- or heterozygous males between 12 weeks and 6 months old |
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Project-based |
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Mouse Rescue Package |
Recovery of a mouse line that is no longer producing offspring |
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15 weeks |