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Welfare focused enrichment

Elevate Laboratory Animal Welfare Without Compromising Research Integrity

Inotiv is proud to unveil our expanded line of cutting-edge environmental enrichment products, meticulously designed to elevate the welfare of laboratory animals and significantly enhance research outcomes. Providing enrichment is crucial for animal well-being, enabling rodents to express natural behaviors like nesting, exploring, and gnawing, which in turn reduces stress and the incidence of abnormal behaviors. Our innovative solutions offer species-appropriate enrichment that supports behavioral health and promotes physiological stability, leading to more consistent and reliable research data. Invest in our high-quality enrichment products to optimize your animal care program and advance your scientific discoveries.

With Teklad enrichment products, you gain the precision of laboratory science combined with proven animal welfare benefits. Our solutions support everything from routine breeding programs to specialized nude mice studies.

Why use enrichment products?

Environmental enrichment products can:

Animal Welfare: Improves overall well-being and reduces stress.
Stereotypies: Decreases abnormal, repetitive or aggressive behaviors.
Improved Research Validity: Leads to more reliable and translatable study data.
Promotes Natural Behaviors: Encourages species-typical activities like chewing, nesting and exploring.
Optimized Lab Animal Care: Best practices for humane and effective animal husbandry.

Our products fall into four categories:

Nesting

Sizzle Nest : An innovative, unbleached and uncoated soft paper nesting material that promotes nest building and warmth.
Paper Wool : A highly absorbent and safe nesting material that allows animals to create cozy and stimulating environments.
Cocoon : Pure cotton cellulose with short, safe fibers that are harmless for adults and pups that encourages innate behavior to rip, shred and pulled apart for creating nests.
Diamond Twists : Made from thick rolled tissue paper with very low dust content, and can be use in GLP studies. Diamond Twists come in a variety of sizes.
Iso-BLOX^TM or Iso-Pads^TM : Part of our bedding and enrichment product line, made from pure cotton fibers that promotes natural shredding behavior to produce a cotton ball consistency to create a nest-like environment.

Play

Play Tunnels : Available in a variety of sizes to accommodate both rodents and rabbits, these durable tunnels encourage exploration, exercise, and social interaction

Chewing

Aspen Bricks : Satisfy natural gnawing instincts, helping to maintain dental health and reduce boredom.
Aspen Balls : All natural re-usable solution designed to promote dental health, while reducing stress and boredom.
Irradiated Enrichment Mix : This is a unique blend of highly-palatable ingredients designed to complement a well-balanced diet.

Shelter

Smart Homes : Innovative shelters designed to offer complex environments for rodents, encouraging exploration and nesting for small rodents.
Rabbit Shelter : Provides a secure and private retreat for rabbits, reducing stress and promoting a sense of safety.

Our products are scientifically-engineered enrichment materials that promote natural behaviors while maintaining the consistency and reliability your research demands.

All of our products are autoclavable and have certificates of analysis (available upon request), making them ideal for your GLP studies.

Request Your Enrichment Sampler Box

For more information on these and other contact bedding options or to request a sample enrichment box, please click here or contact us at teklad@inotiv.com.

welfareplus+^®
Welfare focused enrichment

Elevate Laboratory Animal Welfare Without Compromising Research Integrity

Why use enrichment products?