Fast Track to Phase I

Large Animal Model Specialists for Biologics, Pharmaceuticals, and Devices

Division of Research Resources

Pre-clinical Studies

• Research and contract services to human health and life sciences industries
• Development and testing of devices, biologics, and pharmaceuticals
• In depth knowledge of diverse laboratory animals—large, small, and traditional
• Unique contract research expertise in swine, sheep, goats, cattle, and horses
• Full service veterinary pathology capability

Animal Models

• Assistance in selection of the correct model for your studies
• Special expertise in swine, sheep, goats, cattle, and horses
• Induced models and spontaneous animal models of human disease available
• Animal sourcing and health assessment
• Customized tissue collection

Research Specialists

• Board-certified veterinarians in over 20 clinical specialties including
  • Cardiology
  • Orthopedics
  • Oncology
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Internal Medicine
  • Surgery
• Large animal health and husbandry specialists
• Fully trained and certified research animal technical staff

Our Facilities and Team Approach Benefit

• Human health, device, and life science companies transitioning from bench studies to clinical trials
• Companies from start-ups to big pharma requiring full pre-clinical contract research services
• Investigators in need of collaborating scientists
• Federal, private, and corporate funded studies

Research Animal Housing and Facilities

• AAALAC-accredited animal care program and facilities
• GLP compliant
• Large and small animal surgical suites and procedure rooms
• HEPA-filtered surgical suite
• ABSL-2 containment and biological barrier facilities for large animals
• Conventional and micro-isolator rodent housing
• Veterinary and technical specialists in animal health and husbandry

Research Support Services

• Animal sourcing and health assessment
• Our own high health swine and scrapie-free sheep herds
• Customized tissue collection
• Orthopedic research laboratory
• Lung and pulmonary function laboratory
• Quality Assurance office in house for study audits and SOP development
• Dedicated contract research administration, staff, and facilities
• Expertise of veterinary medical and surgical specialists
• Collaboration with medical and dental schools
• Diagnostic imaging including
  • Digital radiography
  • Scintigraphy
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Ultrasound
  • DEXA scanning
  • CT (spiral)
  • MRI
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Animal Clinical Trial Review Board to ensure animal welfare compliance