Animal Resources

The Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC)Live Program provides standardized, high quality, unique, and hard to find phenotyping services for mouse models of diabetes, obesity, and related metabolic disorders. Emerging as the next iteration of the MMPC Program (2001–2021), MMPCLive is an outwardly-facing consortium of service cores that offer investigators reduced-cost consultation and metabolic, physiologic, and behavioral phenotyping tests on live mice. Four MMPCLive Centers located at universities around the country perform complex and often unique procedures in vivo on a fee-for-servi… [learn more]

The Division of Veterinary Resources’ (DVR) mission is to contribute to the advancement of NIH biomedical research programs by providing excellence in animal care, customer service, and specialized research services to support intramural research efforts. DVR’s diverse and dedicated staff emphasizes accountability to the NIH researcher’s needs in areas including humane animal and veterinary care, animal behavior and enrichment, diagnostics and health surveillance, surgery, pharmacy, procurement, nutrition, and animal transportation. Established Technologies DVR professional staff i… [learn more]

The Division of Veterinary Resources Animal Surgery has supported large animal research and clinical care for more than 40 years. DVR surgeons provide outstanding and highly specialized large animal (rabbits, ungulates, etc.) research support in a state-of-the-art surgical suite. Specialty support includes surgical expertise, surgical and technical support, animal model development, and investigator training. We seek to support the unique needs and requirements of each investigator using animals in either basic or translational research. Established Technologies Facilities and Equipmen… [learn more]

The Pathology Service, Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR), Office of Research Services (ORS), provides diagnostic gross and histopathologic evaluation of any species of laboratory animals used in the NIH Intramural Research Program due to morbidity, mortality, or unexpected findings. In addition, mouse phenotyping and transmission electron microscopy services are available. Established Technologies The Pathology Service offers a Mouse Phenotyping Service with comprehensive pathologic analysis for genetically engineered mice. The Service provides standardized gross and histopathologic a… [learn more]