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See allIn our science base, we have collected links to a wide selection of relevant papers and knowledge-sharing. Below are a few highlights, but you are welcome to browse through the database.

Anaesthesia & Analgesia Göttingen Minipigs
Adrian Zeltner
Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs can easily be anaesthetised for several hours without a higher risk of complications. As they are microbiologically defined, with the absence of certain pathogens, the risk of respiratory arrest and cardiovascular failure is decreased. Furthermore, the absence of the halothane gene prevents the development of malignant hyperthermia.

Anterograde Tracing From the Göttingen Minipig Motor and Prefrontal Cortex Displays a Topographic Subthalamic and Striatal Axonal Termination Pattern Comparable to Previous Findings in Primates
Johannes Bech Steinmüller, Carsten Reidies Bjarkam, Dariusz Orlowski, et al.
Doi: 10.3389/fncir.2021.716145

Taking Blood from Göttingen Minipigs while placed in a sling
Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs A/S
Minipigs, Iike any other animal. do not particularly like to be restrained and being turned on their back with their belly exposed. With increasing age and weight this method creates also some physical challenges to the technicians. The force needed to control a resisting Minipig can be considerable.
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