This web page lists suppliers providing laboratory animals. A detailed discussion on laboratory rodents exists. Many universities and organizations maintain animal facilities. Often laboratory animals can be directly obtained from these animal facilities. For example, Maya-Ramos L and Mikawa T used transgenic GFP expressing chick embryos from Clemson University, South Carolina [1]. Makowska IJ et al obtained surplus breeding stock Swiss Webster mice from the University of British Columbia to investigate the segregation of nesting and elimination areas of mice [2]. Laboratory animals can also be purchased from local farm breeders, such as turtle (T. scripta elegans) eggs from Tangi Turtle Farm (Hammond, LA, with permission from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture) and Hanshou Institute of Turtles (Hunan, China) [3], chicken eggs from Petaluma Farms, CA [1], or even fishermen Bogyeong Hagfish Serves for Inshore hagfish (Eptatretus burgeri) [4]. Less common laboratory animals are also provided by commercial suppliers such as Yorkshire pigs From Oak Hill Genetics (Ewing, IL) [5], rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) from Bioqual [6] or from Covance Research Products Inc. and PrimGen/PreLabs [7], or cotton rats from Envigo [8]. Animal food can be obtained from commercial suppliers like Envigo [9].

The list is compiled from a systematic manual survey conducted by Labome covering over 60000 randomly selected publications (read how Labome selects the articles). This list includes suppliers whose products have been cited in at least one publications. Up to five most cited products for each supplier are displayed. Therefore, this list provides a comprehensive representation of high-quality suppliers in this product category. A small number of high-quality suppliers without any citation may also be included; they are not accompanied by any citation data. As the Labome survey is ongoing, this list is updated regularly to reflect the most recent data. Please note: a few companies have been purchased by or merged with other companies, they remain on the list if their brands are maintained by the new entities, such as Life Technologies, Sigma-Aldrich.