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Methods for obtaining blood samples from mice tend to be difficult, inhumane, or both. The authors describe an inexpensive, disposable, single-use lancet for submandibular bleeding of mice that allows investigators to quickly draw 0.2–0.5 ml of blood without the use of anesthesia.
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All three authors are inventors of the patent-pending technology described here, and developed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service and MEDIpoint, Inc.
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Golde, W., Gollobin, P. & Rodriguez, L. A rapid, simple, and humane method for submandibular bleeding of mice using a lancet. Lab Anim 34, 39–43 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban1005-39
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