Breeding Services

RCC has managed simple to complex projects on time and within budget. RCC also has established isolator facility for breeding and maintenance of the nucleus colony of mouse strains. Rat, mouse and hamster are also bred in open type cages in the barrier facility. Breeding practices are followed as per international standards/guidelines and we perform health monitoring at different frequency by following in-house sentinel program. In addition, in-bred animals are screened for genotypic confirmation annually. A list of the pathogens included in our routine microbiologic screening and our current health monitoring reports are available upon request.

RCC has generated historical control data for the last 10 years for both rat and mice covering different age groups focusing on clinical signs, body weight, feed consumption, clinical pathology (hematology, biochemistry, urinalysis and bone marrow), organ weight, gross pathology and histopathology. These parameters are considered third level control data to draw meaningful conclusion on the experimental output.

RCC also will take up CUSTOM BREEDING SERVICES upon request.

RCC maintains the following strains

Inbred Strain

• BALB/c mouse

Outbred Strain

• Swiss Albino mouse
• Sprague Dawley (SD) rat
• Wistar rat
• Golden syrian Hamster