We offer animal diets, specialty feed including monkey, primate, rabbit and mouse nutrition. Each LabDiet is manufactured exclusively at our ISO 9002 Certified, drug and synthetic estrogen-free plant in Richmond, Indiana. The process techniques we use at the plant are closely controlled to ensure your lab animals get the Constant Nutrition® your research requires. Approximate chemical compositions of our major products can be found in the feed analysis charts. These values are calculated according to the amount of each ingredient present and its nutrient composition. We maintain constant vigilance over the nutrient content of ingredients through a program of continuous formulation analysis. Analyzing ingredients -- in addition to final products -- enables us to lessen the interaction between nutrients and achieve greater accuracy. Thus, reducing the nutritional variables in your studies. Each nutritional component has a specified unit of measurement. When the notation "ppm" is used, the component is being measured in parts per million. Parts per million is also sometimes referred to as milligrams per kilogram, or mg/kg. Some components are measured in micrograms per kilogram, or mcg/kg or ug/kg. Micrograms per kilogram is equivalent to the notation "ppb" or parts per billion.
animal diets
iso 9002
primate research
callitrichid
rabbit
We offer primate research, callitrichid, and rabbit nutrition. A well-balanced diet, along with plenty of clean, fresh water, is essential for proper animal nutrition. PMI Nutrition International manufactures an extensive line of animal diets for research purposes, each carefully formulated and tested to accommodate all nutritional requirements of laboratory animals. These requirements, the major components of food, are briefly described to provide an overview of basic animal nutrition. The influence of nutrition on the health , behavior and test reactions of laboratory animals cannot be overstated. Good nutrition, including all of the essentials discussed here, is the only way to ensure the growth, health, activity, reproduction and disease resistance of the animals you depend upon for reliable research results. Rabbits of all strains are used in laboratory research, especially in studies of bacteriology, physiology, and nutrition. Researchers also use them in clinical laboratories to conduct hormone studies and to produce biologics. Rabbits are usually obtained from an outside source in the size and number required for a particular experiment. To make sure you have a good supply of uniform animals, it is best to plan well ahead and order from one supplier. This eliminates having to introduce undesirable variations into the experiment. Except for future breeders, rabbits should be handled as little as possible. It is easy to injure the rabbit's back unless proper support is provided. Occasionally handling the breeders will accustom them to the cage transfers required for mating. To hold them, firmly grasp the loose skin over the shoulders with one hand and support the weight by placing the other hand under the hindquarters.