General Info

Sinclair Research Center is a biomedical research facility originally located on 543-acres in Columbia, Mo. Sinclair was formed in 1965 by the University of Missouri and was originally named the Sinclair Comparative Medical Research Farm. Its primary function was to provide laboratory animal research support for the University's Environmental Health Surveillance Center and the Environmental Trace Substance Research Center. Through the years, Sinclair's role expanded and became a resource for a wide variety of animal and human health related research and became deeply involved in the development and use of animal models. The private sector quickly realized the unique resource of Sinclair and dedicated professionals privatized Sinclair on March 1, 1994, as a successful contract research and animal production facility. The private corporation, Sinclair Research Center, continues its mission to serve the animal and human health industry and the pet food industry in its capacity of conducting high quality research and producing purpose-bred animals.