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CONTACT: ERIC WOOLSON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2009
515-681-3967

LONESTAR LABORATORY SWINE STAFF TRAVELS
TO CHARLOTTE FOR TRIANGLE PARK AALAS CONFERENCE 

SIOUX CENTER – An East Coast meeting of laboratory animal science professionals will include the LoneStar Laboratory Swine staff.
 
The staff of LoneStar Laboratory Swine will attend the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science National Meeting at the North Carolina State College of Veterinary Medicine in Charlotte this week.
 
Troy Arends, LoneStar’s director, said the AALAS meeting was another opportunity for the Sioux Center, Iowa, firm to connect with the researchers and other industry professionals who value the company’s expertise and Yucatan Miniature swine.
 
“LoneStar has a great reputation as an industry leader.  Many professionals involved in laboratory animal sciences have already worked with us or certainly have heard about us,” Arends said. “An AALAS meeting like the Triangle Research Branch session puts us in front of the people we want to meet so we can spread the word about LoneStar and reinforce the message about our company’s attributes.”
 
Arends noted that LoneStar will highlight its significant investments in the company’s facilities near Flandreau, South Dakota.
 
The American Association for Laboratory Animal Science is a nonprofit membership group dedicated to the humane care and treatment of laboratory animals and the quality research that leads to scientific gains that benefit people and animals.  The organization has a number of branches.
 
“I think there will be a great deal of interest in the details of our state-of-the-art, climate-controlled biosecure facility and its benefits for our animals and, in turn, the research to which they contribute so much,” Arends said.
 
Founded in 1996 by two veterinarians with decades of experience in swine medicine and research, LoneStar Laboratory Swine has developed an impressive closed-herd of Yucatan Miniature swine to meet specialized research needs.  Preeminent research facilities especially prefer LoneStar's Yucatan Miniature swine for longer-term research, because their smaller size, stable growth rate, lower feeding costs and proportionally smaller housing needs.