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The Use of Modified Rat Vascular Access ButtonsTM to Refine Repeat Blood Sample Collection in Miniature Pigs

As a CRO that specialized in preclinical drug testing, we are required to get multiple blood samples from miniature pigs efficiently and with as little stress to our animals and technicians as possible. Modified Rat Vascular Access ButtonsTM seems to offer the perfect solution. Since 2019, we have surgically implanted buttons in 12 male Göttingen miniature pigs with double (N=11)or single(N=1) channel buttons. Double channel buttons had one PinPortTM used for dosing (white) and one for bleeding (red). Here we present the results of our work.