The Animal Research Facility provides a convenient location and modern equipment for investigators using animals in research in the School of Dentistry. The Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine provides husbandry services for the animals. The Animal Facility Coordinator, Barbara Emerick, DDS, is available to help all research laboratories with any animal research needs. She can be contacted at bemerick@umich.edu or 763-3398.

Facilities and equipment

• Three-room surgery suite - accommodations for survival surgery
• Newly installed, modular, ventilated caging system for rodents
• Two isofluorane anesthesia machines
• Portable dental x-ray unit
• Suction machine
• Hookups for high and low speed dental drills
• Air-water syringe unit
• Large and small animal scales
• Laminar flow hood

Services and Resource Links

General information about the use of animals in research

• University Committee on the Use and Care of Animals (UCUCA)
• Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM)

Information on guidelines and policies for animal research

• Use and Care of Animals
• Veterinary guidelines

Information on cost-effective housing and ordering of research animals

• ULAM Per Diems and Fees

Review of animal use applications

• Protocol Review and Exemption Forms

Arrangement of training seminars for faculty and staff

• ULAM Training Core