Research Animal Diagnostic Services West Coast Laboratory
Animal welfare and shipping delays are major concerns when transporting animals over great distances. Even so, whole-animal health testing is vital to your surveillance program. For these reasons, we built our West Coast Laboratory in San Diego, California to provide you with a close, convenient option for high-quality diagnostic testing.
Service Offerings
- Comprehensive routine and diagnostic rodent health monitoring
- Convenient location to minimize animal shipping stress
- Flexible scheduling for all live animal submissions to ensure that your animals arrive safely and are processed in a timely fashion
- Consultation to streamline your animal health surveillance program
- Complimentary animal and sample shipping materials
- Free and secure online test results reporting and data management system (called ILIMS)
Experience and Expertise
The staff at our West Coast Laboratory bring years of experience from our main diagnostic laboratory in Massachusetts. Using the techniques and technologies implemented at all of our diagnostic sites worldwide, we will provide you with the consistent results you've come to expect from Charles River. For more information about the facility and the testing services offered there, please view our West Coast Laboratory flyer.
Scheduling for Animal Submissions
Charles River is a firm advocate of animal health and safety. In adherence to our strict animal welfare policy, we request that all live animal submissions are scheduled in advance with Technical Services (1.800.338.9680 or comments@crl.com). Advanced scheduling will ensure that your animals arrive safely and are processed in a timely fashion. For specific details, please view the West Coast Laboratory Health Monitoring Submission Form; be sure to affix a Sample Submission Label to the outside of the shipping container to ensure your samples arrive at our laboratory as quickly as possible. Technical Services can help you arrange for transportation of your animals to the West Coast Laboratory.
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