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Animal Procurement Policy and Procedure

All animals must be procured through the Division of Laboratory Animal Resources Business Office, 313-577-1107. Please have your protocol number, purchase order (PO) number, and animal specifics (weight, age, etc.) available when you place your order.

Deadlines for animal orders are necessary to permit administrative processing of all components of the order, and permit the animal supplier to insure availablity of required animals.

The deadlines for ordering from commercial vendors are: Thursday at 2:00 for animals to be delivered the following week, excepting:
Jackson Laboratories or the National Institutes of Health: the deadline is 12:00 noon for animals to be delivered the following week.
Deadlines for animals from non-commercial vendors are also scheduled for Thursday at 2:00 for animals to be delivered the following week, however, please recognize that communications with veterinarians and animal care and use committees at sending institutions may take up to several weeks.

Please contact the DLAR Veterinary Hospital for assistance at 313-577-1343

Several of our commonly used vendors may be contacted via the internet for product information, health reports and pricing information.

Charles River Laboratories http://www.criver.com

Harlan Sprague Dawley http://www.harlan.com

Jackson Laboratory http://www.jax.org

Taconic http://www.taconic.com

Covance http://www.covance.com

University of Michigan - Transgenic Animal Model Core Facility  http://www.med.umich.edu/tamc (An excellent web page for links to information regarding transgenic animals)
 
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