In Vitro Fertilization

Responsibilities of the Investigator

• Provide one male or 2 vials/straws of frozen sperm.
• If providing a male for collection of fresh sperm, the male must be of proven fertility.
• Submit a Request Form IVF to initiate your project.

Services Provided by the Facility

• The facility will superovulate wildtype females of the requested strain.
• Harvest oocytes and co-culture with sperm in vitro.
• Transfer resulting two-cell embryos into pseudopregnant recipient females.
• House recipient females and pups to weaning.

Fees for In Vitro Fertilization Service

• $500 per each IVF effort if investigator provides donor females.
• $750 for each effort if TGIF purchases outbred donor females.
• $1000 for each effort if TGIF purchases inbred donor females.