Nutritional Solution:
| Research protocols may require dietary manipulation of micronutrient or macronutrient profiles to induce or alleviate a physical condition or to investigate the mechanisms by which specific nutrients impact disease states. Examples of commonly manipulated nutrients include vitamins and minerals, fat type and level, cholesterol, fiber and protein. Bio-Serv provides published standard and custom diets for a variety of animal models to meet your research objectives. Our experienced Ph.D. Nutritionist and VMD are available to advise our customers on formulating diets to meet their protocol needs. |
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Custom Diets:Diets formulated according to the research requirements of the customer. Bio-Serv can reproduce a previously published formulation, modify our existing formulas or create newformulas based on customer specifications.Customer Supplied Additive:Diets formulated to include test compounds supplied by the customer such as medications, nutraceuticals, food ingredients and test articles to allow for convenient dosing of compounds.Grain-Based Diets:Diets formulated with agricultural products such as whole grains, high gluten meals and livestock feed ingredients. Ingredients in grain-based diets have complex nutrient compositions.Purified Diets:Diets that are formulated with refined ingredients such that each ingredient contributes primarily one nutrient allowing for precise manipulation and customization of the diet's nutrient composition.Standard Diets:Routinely manufactured diets that have been published in the literature to meet the research needs of experimental protocols |
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Enrichmental solution:
| A research environment can be a stressful and unnatural setting for laboratory animals. Environmental Enrichment enhances the animal’s physiological and psychological well-being, prevents stereotypical-behavior, promotes the expression of species specific behavior and improves animal welfare. Therefore, Environmental Enrichment is an essential component of a successful research program. It has been demonstrated that Environment Enrichment can be incorporated into protocols without disturbing research outcomes. |
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Bio-Serv offers a wide variety of enrichment products for all species. We have provided a chart below outlining species’ normal and stereo-typical behaviors and suggested enrichment solutions to promote or alleviate those behaviors. Contact our experienced staff to discuss which of our products will benefit your animals’ specific needs.
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Medical solution
Laboratory animal research often necessitates the administration of drug therapies to experimental animals. Traditional dosing methods such as oral gavage or parenteral injections are not only labor-intensive, but also very stressful and potentially hazardous to the animals. It has been demonstrated that medications, test articles and drug therapies can be successfully incorporated into palatable diets or treats. Bio-Serv has developed the MD's™ (Medicated Dosing System) and Medicated Diet product lines, which offer safe, precise and convenient alternatives to traditional dosing methods. MD's and Medicated Diets are available in a wide range of formulas and flavors, and can be customized to meet the specific needs of your research.
A broad variety of standard and custom MD's have been successfully used by researchers to treat or investigate medical conditions in laboratory animals. Examples of medications used and their corresponding application include
Special need solution
Certain animal and protocol conditions create a requirement for special needs products to ensure animal survival and encourage reliable research outcomes. Bio-Serv coined the phrase “Special Needs” after many years of making specifically requested diets and enrichment products to meet individual animal requirements. It is often mentioned that every animal under protocol is a “special needs” animal and therefore may require something extra to make their standard of care acceptable
