Infrastructure 

  • PC1, PC2 and PC3 holding 
  • Digital ventilated caging (DVC) 
  • Behavioural spaces 
  • Reverse light cycle spaces
  • Surgical spaces with anaesthesia machines
  • Holding rooms for projects working with hazardous agents
  • Varied microbiological exclusion conditions, inlcuding open to germ-free 
  • Housing including static micro isolators, open-top, EVC and IVC technologies 

 

Standard capability 

  • Providing holding facilities and a standard level of husbandry for day-to-day-care of research animals . 

 

Colony management capabilities 

  • Expert colony management for genetically modified rodents 
  • Provision of time mated rodent on-site
  • Animal purchases from UQBR or commercial colonies 

 

Research project capabilities

  • Animal purchases from UQBR or commercial colonies 
  • Animal monitoring as a research activitiy 
  • Veterinarian services, including research participation for veterinary activities  
  • Technical assistance on approved research projects to perform procedures 
  • Import and export including international of animals supporting release compliance

 

Advanced reproductive technique capabilities

  • Advanced reproductive techniques including IVF and Ovary transplantation
  • Rederivation services, to “clean” and move animals from one facility/institution to another
  • Cryopreservation services, for reproductive tissue (embryos, sperm, ovaries)
  • Genetic modification services for established techniques such as microinjection and electroporation, and CRISPR/Cas9