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Last modified on 02-Sep-2008

Filarial Research Materials (Parasite Division) Requisition Form
 

We are experiencing difficulty in sending this form. Please email Mike Dzimianski at mdzim@uga.edu directly until further notice. Thank you for your patience.

Prior to requesting materials, click here to contact the FR3 Parasite Division for information regarding current availability, time frame of filling requests, and overall limits per PI. Please specify the number of worms, what stage you want and the conditions you want them shipped in.

There are limits on each organism; these are guidelines. If your needs exceed these limits special, pre-arrangements may be made. Please email Mike Dzimianski in advance mdzim@uga.edu.
 
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Principal Investigator  Name 
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E-mail Address *
 Please use an e-mail address where we can send a confirmation.
Shipping Information
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  FedEx is the preferred carrier. 
Menlo (Emery) Worldwide Account Number 
  Menlo (Emery) Worldwide is the carrier for animals.

Request Parasites, Filarial Exposed Animals or Vectors.

Request Parasites
Please specify the quantity and check whether live or frozen.
 
Brugia pahangi   microfilaremic dog blood  (20cc per shipment) Limit: 1 shipment / month
   mf from peritoneal cavity of jirds (3-4 M mf/request) Limit: 1 shipment / month
   infective larvae (1000 L3/request) Limit: 10 shipments / year
   L4 larvae (300 L4/request) Limit: 10 shipments / year
   adult females worms (80 per request) Limit: 10 shipments / year
  adult males worms (80 per request) Limit: 10 shipments / year
 frozen      live
   Remarks/Others
   
Brugia malayi   microfilaremic cat blood  (5cc per shipment) Limit: 1 shipment / quarter
   mf from peritoneal cavity of jirds (2 M mf per request) Limit: 1 shipment / month
   infective larvae (300 L3/request) Limit: 10 shipments / year
   L4 larvae (300 L4/request) Limit: 10 shipments / year
   adult female worms (30 per request) Limit: 10 shipments / year
  adult male worms (30 per request) Limit: 10 shipments / year
frozen      live
   Remarks/Others
   
Dirofilaria immitis   microfilaremic dog blood  (10-20cc per shipment) Limit: 1 shipment / month
   infective larvae (1000 L3/request) Limit: 5 shipments / year
  adult female worms Limit: as available
  adult male worms Limit: as available
 frozen      live
   Remarks/Others
 

Request Filarial Exposed Animals
 
Cats or Dogs
(specify quantity in the box)		   B. pahangi - infected dogs Limit: as available
  B. malayi - infected cats Limit: as available
  D. immitis - infected dogs Limit: as available

   Remarks/Others
   
Jirds infected subcutaneously with B. pahangi (3 jirds / request) Limit: 1 shipment / quarter
 B. malayi (3 jirds / request) Limit: 2 shipments / year)

   Remarks/Others
 

Request Mosquito Vectors
Jirds (supplied by requester) inoculated IP with B. pahangi (5 jirds / request) Limit: 6 requests/ year
 SC with B. pahangi (10 jirds / request) Limit: 6 requests/ year
 SC with B. malayi (6 jirds / request) Limit: 3 requests/ year
 IP with B. malayi (3 jirds / request) Limit: 3 requests/ year

   Remarks/Others
   
A. aegypti infected with filariae (300 infected mosquitoes / request)
Limit: 2 shipments/ year		 B. pahangi
B. malayi
D. immitis
 
   Remarks/Others
   
A. aegypti susceptible to B. pahangi, B. malayi, D. immitis (500 non-infected adult female mosquitoes / request)
Limit: 2 shipments/ year		 uninfected
 
   Remarks/Others
   
A. aegypti eggs susceptible to B. pahangi, B. malayi, D. immitis
(4000 eggs / batch for colony establishment)
Limits:  As available		 uninfected

    Remarks/Others
 

Comments:

    Print a copy of the this form for your records.
 

NIAID / NIH FR3 - Parasite Resource Division
Prof. John McCall, Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7387