New Jersey/New York City
Animal Biotech Industries is Your National Biomedical Research Partner Shipping to New Jersey/New York City
Animal Biotech Industries, Inc. is a private corporation that was established in 1990. Founded to support the biomedical research community by supplying them with live high-quality research porcine models, as well as high-quality post mortem tissues, organs, and glands, ABI maintains a modern facility in Doylestown, PA.
ABI was conceived and is currently operated by scientific professionals. Our scientists are dedicated to producing superior animals and tissues as well as superior service.
ABI has proudly exhibited quality and expertise in animals and biological materials since 1990.
Live Animal Models for New Jersey/New York City Facilities
Animal Biotech Industries is a USDA Class B Licensed Dealer (23-B-0155) that sells live porcine for research in New Jersey/New York City and beyond. ABI has been in compliance with the USDA/APHIS since originally licensed in 1990.
All ABI operations meet and exceed the guidelines proscribed in the following:
- The Animal Welfare Act, 2005
- The Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Ag. Research and Teaching, 1988
Located in Bucks County, PA, ABI research swine are raised in a large complex with isolated areas for all lifecycle stages. All Yorkshire crossbred pigs are managed by professional porcine specialists and veterinarians to maintain the highest standards of health and genetics.
- All growing areas are state-of-the-art, climate controlled buildings.
- Growing pigs receive special diets formulated on the farm for each age and weight group according to the NRC (National Research Council) (1983) recommendations
Our Healthy Breeding and Research Swine Herds
- The ABI breeding herd has been monitored yearly for brucellosis and pseudorabies, and has tested negative since 1994.
- The herd also tests negative for Salmonella Species.
- All production herd animals are vaccinated for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), Circovirus and Swine Influenza Virus (SIV).
- The breeding herd is wormed with Ivomec and vaccinated for Leptospirosis, Erysipelas and PRRS prior to breeding.
- Young research swine receive iron at three days of age. They are vaccinated for Rhinitis, Mycoplasma and Hemophilus Pneumonia, and are wormed with Fenbendazole at weaning.
- The pigs continue to receive Fenbendazole every four weeks until they grow out of the sales inventory weight range, which prevents internal parasite infestation and larval migration.
- The ABI research swine herd has tested negative for Malignant Hyperthermia (MH). To maintain quality, all genetics introduced into the herd lack the MH (Stress) gene.
- ABI has high-quality Yorkshire Crossbred research pigs available at all ages, sexes and weights, all year-round.
Animal Delivery to New Jersey/New York City Research Labs
Animal Biotech Industries has a state-of-the-art highly customized delivery truck fleet that includes light- and medium-duty box trucks. The ABI delivery trucks traveling to New Jersey/New York City combine fresh and climate-controlled air for the animals during delivery via the Thermo-King Shuttleaire system. This high-tech system delivers fresh air at a rate as high as 100 air changes per hour.
Delivering the animals in a stress-free environment is highly important. Because of this, ABI handles swine delivery with extreme care.
- Animals are housed in compatible groups within aluminum pens on contact bedding, both of which act as environmental enrichment while animals are in transit from Doylestown, PA.
- ABI’s highly trained delivery drivers are required to maintain extremely detailed records of the cargo climate and the animals’ behavior during the delivery. This is accomplished by computerized systems, manual checks and camera systems.
Porcine Tissue Shipping to New Jersey/New York City Research Labs
All Animal Biotech Industries, Inc., post mortem pig tissues are harvested fresh according to New Jersey/New York City client specifications and are immediately chilled at 35-37 degrees Fahrenheit. ABI maintains this temperature throughout the tissue processing, packaging and shipping procedures until they reach the client facility.
- All transportation of ABI’s post mortem tissues is done via FedEx.
- To ensure that all parties stay informed throughout the shipping process, clients are included in the inner tracking circle with FedEx until they are received.
- We closely monitor client packages to be sure they are not held up during the delivery process.
The buildings that make up ABI’s multipurpose research swine complex were built with the future in mind. There are separately isolated areas for breeding, gestation, weaning, growing and holding animals. The purpose is to increase production in order to meet the demands of our clientele, and to create an atmosphere that allows ABI to produce the healthiest research swine in the industry.
Learn about our Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory here.
