Hair dye as a choice of laboratory rodent animal identification method  in experimental research

P. Jalantha; S. Ramesh; R. Rajendran

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v49i3.145779

Authors

P. Jalantha Assistant Professor, Laboratory Animal Medicine Unit, Madhavaram Milk Colony Unit, TANUVAS, Chennai – 600 051
S. Ramesh Professor and Head, Department of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology, MVC, Chennai 7
R. Rajendran Professor and Head, Laboratory Animal Medicine Unit , Madhavaram Milk Colony Unit, TANUVAS, Chennai – 600 051

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v49i3.145779

Keywords:

Lab Animal, identification, hair dye

Abstract

Laboratory animal identification is a routine, but an important aspect in experimental research. To study the efficiency of a commercial human hair dye as a choice of animal identification method, twenty female Wistar albino rats in the breeding unit of Laboratory Animal Medicine unit were used. Ten rats were identified with conventional potassium permanganate dye and another ten were identified using commercially available hair dye and the persistence of dye was observed for a period of three months. Potassium permanganate dye persisted for a period of only four weeks whereas commercial hair dye persisted for a period of 12 weeks. In both the groups, no adverse effect towards the dye was observed. From this observation, it shall be concluded that commercial hair dye can be used as easy, cost effective, single application and long-standing identification method in animal research lasting up to 3 months period.

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