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Pathology and Toxicology
The central facility of the Aquatic Pathology and
Toxicology Facility Core is the Sinnhuber Aquatic Research Laboratory
(SARL), a unique national and international resource. The SARL
supports two animal models for researchers. There is a large self-contained
rainbow trout hatchery that is equipped to maintain and propagate
Shasta strain rainbow trout, incubate and hatch artificially spawned
eggs, and rear fry to varying experimental endpoints.
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Shasta strain rainbow trout
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The zebrafish area is equipped to rear up to 10,000 experimental
zebrafish in addition to brood stock. The core facility serves
a number of Center investigators by providing essential services.
For example, investigators are provided study design assistance,
research animals, tank space, complete fish husbandry services,
standard and custom diets,
and experimental data collection assistance. These services
are also provided to researchers at OSU, other US institutions
or with international research groups to support, small pilot
projects as space and resources are available.
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