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88 -- GOLDEN SYRIAN HAMSTERS SOL APVSWRNV00040 DUE 102599 POC Joanne Mann (612)370-2241 E-MAIL: /presol, Joanne.Mann@usda.gov. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Pleant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), National Veterinary Services Lab (NVSL), has a requirement for 4,8050 female Golden Syrian hamsters, 40-40 grams each, for fiscal year 2000. Delivery: 44 hamsters per week, F.O.B. Ames, Iowa. Only dealers licensed bys USDA are authorized to submit comments. The hamsters must be susceptible to lepto and virus free. All licensed dealers shall fax their proposal to (612) 370-2136, attention Joanne Mann, by noon (CDT), October 25, 1999. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Posted 10/23/99 (W-SN394326). (0296)

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