Germ-free animals can be costly to purchase and logistically difficult to ship. To address these barriers, we maintain in-house breeding colonies of germ-free animals and make them available to investigators at cost. This approach reduces both the financial and logistical obstacles associated with conducting microbiome research in these models.
Because space in the facility is limited, core production colonies are carefully sized to meet the current demands of our collaborators. We are occasionally able to fill immediate requests, but frequently must scale up production to account for new projects. Please provide the facility leadership with advance notice of major projects to ensure the availability of animals.
Rodent Strains Available
Mouse Strains:
- Swiss Webster
- C57BL/6J
- C57BL/6NTac
- BALB/cJ
- FVB/NJ
- NSG
Rat Strains:
- F344