As the leader in laboratory animal nutrition, LabDiet^®  and our TestDiet^® division are committed to conducting innovative research programs. We have a long and proud history of close collaboration with life science investigators worldwide. LabDiet^® products have been used by researchers for over 50 years; TestDiet^® products for over 30 years.

We maintain our own comprehensive animal research facility outside St. Louis, Missouri, USA, where our PhD nutritionists and veterinarians regularly conduct pro-active studies on lab animal nutrition and diet innovations. Our research team stays on the cutting edge of lab animal nutrition needs and the use of diet in biological research, regularly attending scientific meetings of the various medical disciplines, consulting regularly with animal science professionals, and lecturing at conferences and seminars, such as at The Jackson Laboratory.

We invest more in nutrition research, by far, than any other laboratory animal diet manufacturer. As mentioned we maintain our own animal research facility; in addition, in our chemical analysis lab in Richmond, Indiana, USA, we can test such nutritional parameters as protein, moisture, mycotoxins, fat, fiber, vitamins, and minerals.

And we support research through support of various professional organizations, including the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) and others; and, we are the "Titanium-level" sponsor of The Jackson Laboratory contributing more than any other corporate sponsor.

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Quality Assurance

Recent pro-active in vivo

diet development research.

We have conducted extensive research regarding the use of diets to induce various disease models and other phenotypes, in particular metabolic syndrome.  Our studies have been presented, in abstracts and posters, at several scientific meetings, including (spring & summer 2005) Targeting Metabolic Syndrome, The Endocrine Society, the American Diabetes Association, the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, and others. 

For details see

Cunha TM, Peterson RG, & Gobbett TA, Differing sources of dietary fat alter the character of metabolic syndrome induced in the C57BL/6 mouse. May, 2005)

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