Service Centre category(ies)
Animal Facilities / Research Animals
Description of the Service Centre
The Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa (FFUL) has an animal facility for rodents with a capacity to house around 500 rats/mice, which supports R&D activities at iMed.UL. The facility has several rooms for animal maintenance and experimentation prepared for surgical and experimental procedures. The animal house provides support on protocol development and licensing, refinement and advice in experimental procedures and simple surgical techniques by certified researchers.
Service Centre web address
Contact person's name
Maria Manuela Gaspar
Contact person's e-mail
mgaspar@ff.ul.pt
Contact person's telephone
00351 217500767
Last edited on
2013-10-28 10:24:58
Service
Group of services
Available for external use?
Yes
Comments
Animal house may perform technical assistance on licensing and refinement of animal experiments by certified researchers, establishment of animal models and surgical experimental procedures by request.
Equipment
Group of equipments
Service type: self-service or full-service?
Self-service
Comments
Double door horizontal steam sterilizer, biosafety cabinet, analytical balances, digital water plethysmometer, digital caliper, dial gage, mouse and rat restrainers for different administration routes, metabolic cages, basic surgical instruments, euthanasia gas chamber. External use is dependent on approval.