Services

Importation and exportation of animals, including post-arrival housing and regulatory compliance for release

Animal housing in a range of microbiological exclusion conditions, including open to germ-free

Containment housing for PC2/PC3 and QC3 restricted materials

Assistance with breeding colony management.

Space for behavioural and longitudinal studies

Training, including a range of standard techniques from handling and restraint to injection techniques, through to project-specific surgeries

Surgical space with Isoflurane vaporisers

Advanced reproductive techniques including IVF or Ovary transplantation

Genetic modification services include both established techniques such as microinjection and electroporation, plus developing systems such as CRISPR/Cas9

Rederivation services, where there is a requirement to frequently “clean” and move animals from one facility/institution to another, depending on the animals’ existing pathogen status

Cryopreservation services, which is the ability to cryopreserve reproductive tissue (embryos, sperm, ovaries)

Veterinarian services, that are integral for the research support and compliance with “The Code”