JAX® Diet-induced Obesity (DIO) Models

JAX-developed standard and custom DIO research options


Key benefits

  • JAX-developed protocols for producing and shipping diet-induced obese (DIO) mice
  • Quick, reliable, cost-effective, and customizable options
  • Can be integrated with our Phenotyping and Efficacy Testing Services
  • Saves resources

Capabilities
 

Inventoried DIO mice

  • C57BL/6J (000664, B6) males fed a high fat (60 kcal%) diet (Research Diets Inc. D12492i) starting at six weeks of age
  • Control B6 males (starting at six weeks old) fed a 10 kcal% control diet (D12450Bi), containing the same protein content as the high fat diet
  • Ages available: six to 26 weeks
  • Weekly email notices on availability
  • Mice are shipped from rooms MP23 and RB04
  • Pricing tables: U.S.A., Canada and Mexico or International
  • Information on diets and phenotypes
  • Order by email to orderquest@jax.org, or call 1-800-422-6423 and ask for a DIO representative

Custom DIO mice

  • JAX DIO experts can put B6 or any other DIO-susceptible strain on a customized diet
  • We help design a study using other DIO-susceptible strains, diets, housing densities, study durations, frequencies of weighing and of collecting bio-samples, etc.
  • Get started by contacting JAX® Services at jaxservices@jax.org, our JAX® Services request form, 1-800-422-6423, or +1-207-288-5845.