Description
Certified laboratory animal feed and bedding. Laboratory animal bedding materials are nonirritating, absorbent, free of chemical contamination and pathogens, and unpalatable. The major types of contact bedding used are derived from ground corncobs, hardwood chips, recycled paper, heat-treated softwood shavings, and virgin cellulose. Feeding equipment provides food using means that meet behavioral needs according to specific species requirements while the food itself is palatable, free of contaminants, nutritionally adequate and easily accessible.