Enhancing Health Monitoring with Sentinel Free Filter Testing (SiFT)
A healthy rodent colony is vital to the scientific integrity of research results, emphasizing the importance of monitoring colonies for pathogens. However, reliably detecting pathogens can be...
The expanding reach of GLP-1 research and the role of the diet-induced obesity (DIO) model
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists, such as semaglutide and liraglutide, are major anti-obesity and anti-diabetes therapeutics that have produced clinically meaningful metabolic benefits. While...
Promoting Animal Welfare with Implanted Telemetry
As part of the advanced surgical services offered by Inotiv, telemetry represents an important part of a thoughtful, experimental design. Learn how telemetered data can promote animal welfare,...
Creating a reliable heart failure model is not for the fainthearted
Heart failure is a major and escalating global public health problem with a prevalence of more than 5.8 million cases in the USA alone, and an additional 550,000 new diagnoses are made every year....
Considerations for creating a custom research model: Insight from a scientist
Genetically engineered models and research breakthroughs can have a vast impact on the development of life-changing treatments. Specifically, when compared to existing models, custom models can be...
Key considerations for non-human primate environmental enrichment
With animal welfare always a top priority at Inotiv, enrichment is considered part of a continuous improvement process that takes into account latest training, approaches, and methods to ensure...
5 smart strategies to improve animal welfare
The research industry is increasingly relying on new techniques and technologies to improve animal welfare. Improvements have been limited as paper-based systems can cause issues with access and...
