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The MMRRC at UNC is committed to maintaining high quality standards in animal care by the implementation of our animal health program. We monitor the health of our animals via routine and extensive testing for excluded agents.

Health reports are available to all customers as PDF’s and are updated as soon as new results are available.

  • If you have placed an order, a current health report will be sent to you as soon as it is available. If you have any questions regarding your order, please email mmrrc_health@med.unc.edu
  • If you need a health report to place an order, please click on one of the Health Report links below.

MMRRC-UNC Production Facility Health Report
This report summarizes the results of tests performed on surrogate, cull and sentinel mice from all rooms in the MMRRC-UNC barrier-maintained production facility. This document is updated quarterly on the website.

MMRRC-UNC Parasite PCR Report
This report summarizes the results of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests performed on Exhaust Air Duct (EAD) samples for internal and external parasites on all Individually Vented Cages (IVC) racks from all rooms in the MMRRC-UNC barrier-maintained production facility. This panel is run thrice-yearly, with the first test performed in June 2022. We will update the document when new results are available.

MMRRC-UNC Production Facility Description
This document provides a detailed description of our production facility as well as shipping instructions.

MMRRC-UNC Animal Health Program
This document provides a detailed description of our Sentinel program, testing methods and frequency.

 

 

Please email mmrrc_health@med.unc.edu with any questions regarding these documents.

Approved Vendor Status

All MMRRC Centers are actively seeking Approved Vendor Status at Institutions across the US. By allowing our mice to bypass quarantine, Investigators can begin their experiments earlier and save money from quarantine costs. All Centers maintain mice with the highest quality health status and have done so since the MMRRC began. Please visit the following link for more information on all of our centers: https://www.mmrrc.org/about/approvedVendor.php

 

Collaborative Cross Mouse Collection

The MMRRC-UNC distributes the Collaborative Cross (CC) Collection of recombinant inbred mice in collaboration with the UNC Systems Genetics Core Facility.  Health information for the CC mice can be found below.

Health reports are available to all customers as PDF’s and are updated as soon as new results are available.

  • If you have placed an order, a current health report will be sent to you as soon as it is available. If you have any questions regarding your order, please email MMRRC_CC@unc.edu
  • If you need a health report to place an order, please send a request to MMRRC_CC@unc.edu

SGCF Production Facility Description
This document describes the SGCF facility for the distribution of Collaborative Cross Collection only. For all other MMRRC-UNC mice and products, please see information above under MMRRC-UNC Production Facility