Specific Facilities - Boehringer Ingelheim

The Boehringer Ingelheim pharmaceutical company had 19 violations in the areas of veterinary care, housing, IACUC, etc. These violations include incidents wherein a dog on study lost 27% of his/her body weight in 35 days with a fever of 103 – 106 degrees (5/4/05):

Veterinary care violations included another incident where a primate lost the skin off both hands leading to finger amputation (same date):

And in the area of animal handling episodes led to the scalding death of a monkey in a age washer, a beagle asphyxiated, a rhesus monkey developed a hemothorax due to improper handling, and another monkey was burned due to negligence (same date):