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To begin the ordering process, click on the desired resource to be ordered. |
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The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), maintains colonies of barrier-raised rodents under contractual arrangement with commercial vendors. All colonies are barrier maintained and Specific Pathogen-Free (SPF). Animals from the NIA aged rodent colonies are available to investigators at academic and non-profit research institutions. The NIA aged rodent colonies are a limited resource developed for use in aging research. They are not available for use as a general source of adult animals for unrelated areas of research. Due to limited availability, we currently cannot fill orders from new customers who do not hold active NIH funding regardless of whether they have ordered from the NIA colonies in the past. Click here for the new policy on eligibility to use the NIA aged rodent colonies. |
Beginning in late 2005 or early 2006, rodents will be provided under contracts with three different contractors – Harlan Sprague Dawley, Inc. (Harlan), Taconic Farms, Inc (Taconic), and Charles River Laboratories (CRL). Information on the source of specific strains and ages is provided in the Location of Colonies section in the Aged Rodent Colonies Handbook and up-dates will be posted on our website as more information becomes available.
For questions about the NIA aged rodent colonies that are not addressed in the rodent handbook, email rodents@nia.nih.gov. |
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