Harlan Laboratories offers a variety of Traditional Teklad diets
for the common laboratory animal species. These fixed formula
lab animal diets are made from high quality ingredients.
The traditional rodent diets were formulated decades ago based
on understanding of rodent nutrition, ingredients, and diet
manufacturing at the time. There was limited
appreciation of the effects of non-nutrients, such as
phytoestrogens, on experimental results. Alfalfa meal and
soybean meal are the major sources of phytoestrogens in
lab animal diets. These ingredients, particularly soybean
meal, are found in most traditional rodent diets.
While traditional diets will supply the known nutrient
needs of laboratory animals, we recommend that researchers consider
the use of a diet from our
Global Diet line.
For general information, please contact us at tekladinfo@harlan.com.
For technical questions, please contact us at askanutritionist@harlan.com.