Bio-Serv Custom Diets
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Our custom diets are diets formulated according to the research requirements of the customer. We can create a new formula based on customer specifications, reproduce a previously published formulation or modify any existing formula.
Research protocols may require dietary manipulation of micronutrient profiles to induce disease models or to investigate the mechanisms by which specific nutrients or compounds impact disease states.
Purified Diets:
The most common type of custom diet used for nutritional manipulation is a purified diet. Purified diets are formulated with refined ingredients such that each ingredient contributes primarily one nutrient. This allows for precise manipulation, customization and reproducibility of the diet’s nutrient composition.
Examples of Common Dietary Manipulation:
- Fat type and level (diet induced obesity)
- Protein and amino acid adjusted
- Carbohydrate source and level
- Vitamin and mineral content
- Cholesterol (atherogenic)
- Fiber source and level
Grain-Based Diets:
The most common type of custom diet used for the incorporation and delivery of medications and compounds is a grain-based diet. Adding compounds to a grain-based diet allows the medication to be delivered without having to deviate from their maintenance diet.
Examples of Common Dietary Manipulation:
- Doxycycline
- Tamoxifen
- Fenbendazole
- Pain Relievers (Carprofen, Meloxicam)
- Cholesterol
Custom Diets Additives
Your supplied additives can be incorporated in either grain-based or purified diets. These diets are formulated to include test compounds such as medications, nutraceuticals, food ingredients and preclinical compounds to allow for convenient and accurate low-stress dosing.
Forms of Custom Diets:
- Dough: soft, cookie dough consistency
- Gel: firm but moist diet that is both a food and water source
- Liquid: powder diet that is suspendable in ethanol or water
- Pellet: cold pressed pellets protect nutrients from air, light and moisture
- Powder: used for incorporating compounds at your research site
- Precision Pellets: precise weight round pellets in sizes 14 mg – 1 gm
- Precision Tablet: precise weight flat tablets in sizes 3 gm – 10 gm
Custom Diets can be packed according to your needs:
We offer gamma-irradiation for all custom diets at an additional fee.
- Smaller packaging
- Heat sealed bags
- Vacuum packaging
- Light protective packaging
Quality Assurance:
We care about your results and we are committed to providing you the highest quality custom diet products by:
- Operating under ISO 9001:2015 standards
- Having climate controlled storage areas
- Ensuring that all diets are manufactured in accordance with formulation specifications
- Inspection of production records and final product integrity by our Quality Assurance Department
- Maintaining formulation records in a secure database
- Having a robust vermin control program
- Storing lot retention samples of both ingredients and final products on site
Please contact us with your dietary nutritional and research specifications. We welcome the opportunity to work with you.
Nutritional:
Jaime Lecker, Ph.D.
ph: 800-996-9908 ext. 112
email: jlecker@bio-serv.com
Veterinary:
Karen Froberg-Fejko, LATg, VMD
ph: 800-996-9908 ext. 135
email: kfroberg@bio-serv.com