Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
LaboratoryAnimals II. Animals for Research A Directory of Commercial Sources of Laboratory Animals and Equipment A Report of INSTITUTEOF LABORATORYANIMAL RESOURCF.S Publication 907 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES-NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Washington, D. C. 1961
This publication was supported in part by Grants CY 3278 and RG 3991 from the United States Public Health Service, Grant # RC-IC from the American Cancer Society, Inc., Contract N7onr291(46) from the Office of Naval Research, and Contract AT(49-1)643 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 59-60060 Price $1.50
FOREWORD Established in 1952, the Institute of Laboratory Animal Re- sources has, since its inception, acted as a focal point for informa- tion on the supply and quality of experimental animals. Two previous issues of this directory have contributed greatly to the proper provisioning of animals for research, testing and teaching programs in the United States. The Institute's Information Center has assisted biological and medical scientists generally to obtain appropriate animal species for experimental programs. Continuous surveys of available supplies of the common laboratory animals have made possible the matching of research demand with com- mercial supply. In the area of animal quality, the Institute has developed a series of standards for the production, care, mainte- nance, shipment and utilization of experimental animals. Surveys of space, facilities and equipment requirements and personnel training needs are currently being conducted by the Institute in medical, dental and veterinary schools, private research labora- tories, and research hospitals. Staff contributions to the preparation of this publication were made by Berton F. Hill, Executive Secretary; Ronald T. Hop- wood, VMD, Deputy Executive Secretary; Mrs. Mary 8. Sund- borg; and Miss M. M. Webb. iii
DIRECTIONS FOR USE OF THE CATALOGUE I. The catalogue is divided into five sections: pages 3 to 24 comprise the listings for the common domestic animals (chickens, rabbits, inbred mice, randombred mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, dogs and cats); pages 27 to 52 list all the commercially available animals obtained from nature in phylogenetic order, beginning with the Protozoa and ending with the Chordata; the third section {pages 55 through 60) indicates suppliers of common laboratory animal equip- ment and material, including feed manufacturers, purveyors of cages, washing machine manufacturers, and companies producing germ-free equipment; section four gives the coded names, addresses, and telephone numbers of suppliers whose animals, equipment and materials are listed in the directory; the fifth section is composed of two indexes: common animal name (page 79) and scientific name (page 80). 2. The common laboratory species noted under Item 1 above are arranged in the following order: a) scientific name; b) common name; c) strain designation; d) strain origin; e) breeding system; f) coded name and address of supplier. 3. Entries in the second section are listed by scientific name, common name and coded name and address of supplier. 4. In the equipment and materials section, entries are categorized by type of equipment or material, species of animals for which they can be used and coded name and address of supplier. iv
CONTENTS Page I. Common Domestic Laboratory Animals......................... 3-24 Chickens and chick embryos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Rabbits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 Mice, randombred............................................ 6-10 Mice, inbred and hybrid........................................ 10-14 Rats........................................................ 14-18 Hamsters.................................................... 18-20 Guinea pigs.................................................. 20-22 Dogs ........................................................ 22, 23 Cats ......................................................... 23, 24 II. Animals Obtained from Nature..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-52 Protozoa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27, 28 Porifera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Coelenterata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Platyhelminthes......... .... .......... .. .. .... .... ...... .. .. .. 29 Aschelminthes................................................ 29 Bryozoa..................................................... 29 Echinodermata............................................... 29 Mollusca. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Annelida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31 Arthropoda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 32 Chordata.................................................... 32-52 III. Laboratory Animal Equipment and Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-60 Animal cages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55-59 Animal cage washing machines................................. 60 Germ-free equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Laboratory animal feeds....................................... 60 IV. Supplier and Manufacturer Address Codes....................... 63-76 V. Indexes ...................................................... 79, 80 Common name index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Scientific name index...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 V
