The Division of Comparative Medicine Technical Services Unit (DCM-TSU) Colony Management Team (CMT) provides expert colony management for maintenance, growth, and de novo breeding of transgenic rodent lines. In conjunction with Transnetyx Colony Software, the CMT proudly offers the following services:
- Date of birth of new litters
- ACCR and permanent cage card number updates
- Animal identification
- Weans
- Weanlings are provided with a portion of hydrogel and/or 76A DietGel that DCM will supply (if necessary)
- Special health checks on smaller mice
- Biopsy Collection
- Ear punch is our standard, but can collect tail snips if necessary to research needs
- Submission and shipment of tissue samples directly to Transnetyx
- Culls
- New breeder pairing
- Timed mating/Copulation plug checks
- Pregnancy checks
- Through manual palpation as early as E10, if requested
- Recommendations and solutions for improving breeder reproduction or reducing pup loss
- Transfer mice in/out of housing room in RBF for lab pick-up or DCM transport
- Maintenance of animal census + cage location in Colony
- Uploading new mice and cage information onto Colony
Click Here to Request Colony Management Services (Online Form)