Key capabilities

Infrastructure 

• PC1, PC2 and PC3 housing
• Housing including static micro isolators, open-top, EVC and IVC technologies
• Digital ventilated caging (DVC) 
• Surgical spaces
• Behavioural spaces 

Services 

• Import/export services including animal transport that is interstate, international, inter-facility where a courier is required.

• Veterinary Services - Participation on research projects to perform veterinary activities such as anaesthetic monitoring. 

• Technical assistance with a range of species

• Genetic modification and cryopreservation services

• Provision of on-site time mated animals

• Tissue sampling and animal identification - for example toeing or ear-notching.

• Animal Purchases - orders from UQBR owned breeding colonies or commercially available animals. 

• Time Mate requests - includes plug checking or pregnancy checking requests.

• Procedures as a service - for example performing injections or blood collection, weighing animals, research animal monitoring.

• Animal Monitoring - all animals that require additional monitoring requirements. For example the use of score sheets is considered a research activity and not standard husbandry. This also includes extra monitoring of animals due to phenotypes that impact animal wellbeing.