The animal facility provides technical services to support the research needs of individuals using live animal models, and includes:
- Parenteral and oral substance administration.
- Blood tests, injections and gavage
- Stereotaxic surgery and other types of surgery
- Placement of catheters
- Endotracheal intubation and general anaesthesia
- Breeding colony management
- Euthanasia
- Other procedures as requested
To arrange for technical support services, please contact the animal facility supervisor:
animalfacility_At_douglas_dot_mcgill_dot_ca
Colony management services
The animal facility offers a service to help Douglas investigators with managing their mouse colonies.
The service comprises the following components which will be provided as required.
Breeding set up/monitoring
- Set up new breeding cages
- Changing cages (providing fresh cages as deemed appropriate)
- Checking pregnancy status
- Separating females from males
- Set up/Updating breeding cage cards
- Maintaining a colony data base* (one per lab; Excel sheets listing animal ID, date of birth, genotype if applicable, mating date, number of pups, death, etc.)
- Communication with a single dedicated member of the participating lab to inform about and discuss :
- breeding
- strategies
- status
- issues
*a database template will be provided by the animal facility.
Weaning, sexage and Identification
- Taking biopsies (tail, ear or toe)
- ID tagging during the weaning,
- Setting up/updating cages cards
- Updating colony database regarding ID and DOB
User fees for mouse colony management services in the Neurophenotyping Centre Animal facility: 25 $/ h
This fee applies to the service components as outlined above including database management and communication with the dedicated lab representative. Any change in user fees will be announced 1 month in advance.
For service requests, please contact:
animalfacility_At_douglas_dot_mcgill_dot_ca
Materials
The Animal Facility provides all necessary veterinarian material for animal research.
To request veterinarian material please complete the supply requisition form and return it to the following address:
animalfacility_At_douglas_dot_mcgill_dot_ca
Please note that:
- All other veterinarian supply available upon request.
- Veterinarian material price available upon request only.
- Please allow 24 hours after the receipt of the request to receive the supply.
- No request will be accepted without the authorization of the researcher as well as the account number.