Simonsen Laboratories Inc., through
their Simonsen Services Division is pleased
to offer rodent housing and production in
flexible film isolators, either glove box or
room-size, depending on the scope of your
project.

Housing and production services feature:

• Production reports generated weekly.
• Summary production reports
  generated monthly.
• Inventory of stock animals
  itemized monthly.
• Health report generated quarterly.
• FREE shipping in our local delivery
  area with an $12.50 box charge. Out
  of area customer pays for air freight,
  local delivery and box charges.
• Mate to customer's specifications.
• Production maximized. 

Flexibility:
Simonsen's staff works closely with
the customer following their guidelines.

Over 35 years of contract
production experience.

Integrity of isolator housing system.

Additional Caesarean rederivation service
suitable to enhance quality of production
and animal health.

The cost for this service is:
$1850 per month per glove box isolator

Production in room-sized isolators is quoted
according to the requirements of your
project. Please call for quotation.

Simonsen Services is pleased to offer
Gnotobiotic Caesarean Rederivation of
both rats and mice.

The charges per strain are as follows:

Caesarean surgery	$2,775
Isolator rental	$1,850/month
Technologist time	$68/hour

An isolator must be rented for animal
housing for the duration of the project.
Isolator charges include: maintenance
(feed, water, cage cleaning), foster dams,
and health monitoring. An isolator
accommodates 33 mouse or 12 rat cages.

Laboratory technician time varies depending
upon the amount of participation required
from Simonsen technologists and is billed
on a per hour basis. Additional charges are
billed for tissue and serum transportation
for customers located outside our local
delivery area.

Simonsen has performed extensive numbers
of caesarean rederivations for many years.
However, we cannot guarantee that the
foster mothers accept the offspring or that
the uterus will stay intact during the
surgery. These are not normal occurrences
with Simonsen techniques for rederivation,
but are beyond our control and not
warranted. Simonsen's customized
rederivation service will meet requirements
for developing pathogen-free colonies of
rats and mice.

Simonsen will accept up to 6 pregnant
females per strain for rederivation. There is
no guarantee of number of weaned litters
or number of surgeries performed. Simonsen
will attempt to provide a successful
rederivation of the line.