Twirl is a rat within a training colony at a research facility. Her job is to help researchers become comfortable around rats and to ensure that they have the skills to humanely handle rats. Twirl's teacher spends time with her regularly to strengthen the human-animal bond making Twirl's role in the classroom more successful.
This mouse is on a study to help prevent heart attacks. He lives in a shoebox cage with three other mice. His…
Guinea pigs are an excellent model for studying human hearing mechanisms because of the similarities in both outer and inner ear structures.…
Golden Syrian hamsters are susceptible to a virus called SV40 which is related to human-associated viruses in a family called polyomaviruses. SV40…
This Japanese shrew is helping to treat Congenital Sucrase-Isomaltase Deficiency (CSID). He eats a special diet that was also fed to his…
