CONTRACT RESEARCH
Contract Research at TECHLAB® - What can we do for you?
Does your low calorie compound
change large bowel micro-ecology?
Does the intestinal flora metabolize your
compound?
Can bacteria promote colon specific drug delivery?
Does your prebiotic or probiotic really work?
Will your new antibiotic disrupt colonization resistance?
Is your feed additive a health risk for humans?
Do you need help in preparing a submission to a regulatory agency?
in vitro Models
- Pure and mixed batch cultures
- Chemostats – continuous and semi-continuous
- Defined and undefined floras
in vivo Models
- Laboratory animals – mice, rats, hamster, rabbits, etc.
- Farm animals – horses, cattle, pigs, chickens, etc.
- Flora associated germ free rodents and chickens
- Human and other animal floras
- Preweaning and postweaning floras
- Defined or undefined floras
- Antibiotic associated and other clostridial diarrheas
Antimicrobial Susceptibility-Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Testing
- Human and veterinary
- NCCLS Methods
- Fully confidential
- For research and development
- Aerobes and Anaerobes
- Clinical and normal flora isolates
- Hard to grow strains
- Aid in preparing submissions to regulatory authorities
TECHLAB® can satisfy your needs for MIC testing!
The company has considerable experience in the MIC testing on even the most difficult to grow bacteria, such as fastidious anaerobes, isolates from both humans and animals. TECHLAB® President, Dr. Tracy Wilkins, is the inventor of Wilkins Chalgren agar and was a co-author of the first NCCLS Methods for susceptibility testing of anaerobes. Testing is done according to the latest edition of the NCCLS Methods and to Good Laboratory Practice. TECHLAB® can work in total confidentiality and if you so wish, can help in the preparation of manuscripts for publication.
Please contact Dr. Robert Carman at rjcarman@techlab.com or call 1-800-TECHLAB.