We understand that a successful research pipeline demands a balance of speed, price, and quality. When time to data is critical, natural breeding is often the rate-limiting step. Rapid Expansion allows you to move from donor animal to full production breeding within a matter of weeks.
Taconic can employ IVF and large scale embryo transfer methodologies to rapidly expand your colony to hundreds of animals with the same week of birth.
- Allows for the generation of cohorts of 20 to> 500 mice within the same week of birth
- Requires only a few donor male mice
- Intercross Rapid Expansion allows you to initiate cross-breeding of lines by IVF, saving 3-6 months
- Oocyte donors from Taconic, the client, or other providers may be used
- Supports the 3Rs concept of animal research by reducing the number of male and female donors
Taconic's strength in animal model colony management is based on the interplay of several mutually supporting technological specialties that combine to make breeding and cohort delivery as efficient as possible. Our Rapid Expansion service is one such example, where our embryology and IVF facilities have the capability to produce cohorts of over 1,000 mice within the same week of birth.
Combined with sperm or embryo cryopreservation, our Rapid Expansion service enables you to go from frozen embryo or sperm samples to study-ready cohorts in much less time than traditional breeding setups.
