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What it Takes To Start a Germ-Free Gnotobiotic Isolator Colony: Step #2
Step #2 Major Equipment Selection The most obvious and arguably most critical piece of equipment in the colony is the isolator. The decision on isolator features is driven by the demands of the project at hand, including animal sourcing and the supplies involved in...
Positive Pressure Racks/ Germ-free/ Gnotobiotic Husbandry in IVC (individually ventilated cages)
The past decade has brought numerous improvements in IVC (individually ventilated cage positive pressure rack systems.) Studies sponsored by leading laboratory animal breeders and top notch research institutes around the world have conducted relatively long term...
Bedding Disposal, Compromise, Compromise:
We have all heard the statement, ‘life is full of compromises’. But does protecting staff from respirable dust have to be one of those compromises? All too often manufacturers do not put themselves in the end users shoes. In this brief blog we’ll take on one small but...
What it Takes to Start a Germ-Free Gnotobiotic Isolator Colony: Step #1
Step #1: Time and That One Key Person to Manage it Time. To put it in one word, starting a germ-free gnotobiotic isolator colony, takes time -- lots and lots of time. From planning, to mustering the resources together, designing, and obtaining funding, it is time that...