Colony Management

BRM has decades of combined experience in rodent colony management. Our staff is highly trained and skilled to meet our client’s needs for custom colony management solutions.

BRM’s facilities offer desirable locations for safe, pathogen free barrier housing for valuable rodent strains. BRM is an extremely cost effective solution for companies to house their rodent strains.

By choosing BRM to maintain their rodent colonies, our clients have seen reductions in their annual per diem cost as well as an indirect benefit by freeing up valuable research space.

Vivarium/Barrier

BRM operates 2 barriers that are shower in facilities; both are free of all murine pathogens and specified opportunists. Space is available for mouse or rat colony housing, conventional and/or ventilated rack systems are available. Strains may undergo quarantine procedures, or cesarean rederivation, on site, for introduction to the facility. Animals are monitored quarterly for all pathogens.

Isolators

VAF – No murine pathogens or specified opportunists allowed

BRM serves as an isolator facility for many functions in colony management. BRM can serve as a backup colony, should your colony contract a pathogen at another location. Colonies can be bred up and shipped out to you or your collaborators, insuring clean models for your research.

Restricted – No murine viruses allowed

Colonies may also be maintained at a dedicated level. If there is a pathogenic organism that your animals carry, that is of no consequence to your research, dedicated facilities, or isolators can maintain the animals at this level.

Quarantine – Any pathogen allowed

Colony breeding of pathogenic strains for imperative experiments can be done in our quarantine facility while the strain is cleaned up, saving you valuable time.