Links
ALZET Accessories
Animal
diets (Research Diets Inc.)
Custom Purified diets for laboratory animals
Braintree
Scientific Inc.
Provides a variety of reseach equipment and supplies
Cannula/electrode holder (David Kopf Instruments)
Cannula/electrode holder (Stoelting Inc.)
Dental cement (Stoelting, Inc.)
Plastics
One, Inc.
Wide selection of brain infusion cannulae
Various
materials for brain cannulations (Small Parts Inc.)
Stabilizing screws, steel bit and pin vice.
Wound
clips (Stoelting, Inc.)
Supplier of wound clips for easy closure of surgical incisions.
ß-cyclodextrins
Alternative vehicle for enhancing the solubility of hydrophobic
compounds.
ALZET International Distributors
ALZET Surgical Implantation Training & Resources
Veterinary Bioscience Institute (VBI)
NIH Guidelines for Survival Rodent Surgery
Animal Research Resources
Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS)
Mouse Models of Human Cancer Consortium (MMHCC)
Contract Research Organizations/Laboratories
Package Tracking
Pharmaceutical Drug Delivery Technologies
Reference books/articles
Pub
Med Central
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's free digital archive of
biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
Handbook
of Pre-clinical Continuous Intravenous Infusion
Excellent overview of surgical procedures, equipment, and practical
tips for conducting intravenous infusion studies in various laboratory
animal species.
Scientific Societies
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
Federation for American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)
American Society of Gene Therapy (ASGT)
Pump Advantages
- Ensure around-the-clock exposure to test agents at predictable levels
- Permit continuous administration of short half-life proteins and peptides
- Provide a convenient method for the chronic dosing of laboratory animals
- Minimize unwanted experimental variables and ensure reproducible, consistent results
- Eliminate the need for nighttime or weekend dosing
- Reduce handling and stress to laboratory animals
- Small enough for use in mice or very young rats
- Allow for targeted delivery of agents to virtually any tissue
- Cost-effective research tool