Service Centre category(ies)
Animal Facilities / Research Animals
Description of the Service Centre
The ICVS has a fully equipped SPOF animal house prepared for rats, mice and guinea pigs. The facility has several rooms for animal maintenance and experimentation, equipped and prepared for surgical and experimental procedures. The animal facility team provides services of husbandry, veterinary care and animal welfare counseling. Our institution also have facilities equipped and prepared for minimally invasive surgical training and research, by using in vivo animal models as pigs and rabbits.
Service Centre web address
http://www.icvs.uminho.pt/Introduction/Facilities.aspx
Contact person's name
Margarida Correia-Neves/ Magda Carlos/ Alice Miranda
Contact person's e-mail
mcorreianeves@ecsaude.uminho.pt/ mjoao@ecsaude.uminho.pt/ alicemiranda@ecsaude.uminho.pt
Contact person's telephone
+351 253 604 807
Last edited on
2013-08-02 16:12:06
Service
Education and training
Available for external use?
Yes
Comments
Prepare researchers for the appropriate use of animals in scientific experiments, including technical training and experimental design counseling (reduction, refinement, replacement).
Service
Husbandry and routine daily care
Available for external use?
Yes
Comments
The animal facility team provides services of husbandry and routine daily care (including watering, feeding and cage changing) by qualified animal caretakers.
Service
Veterinary care and advise
Available for external use?
Yes
Comments
Veterinary care and advise, including refinement of procedures, anesthesia and surgical support.
Service
Quarantine area
Available for external use?
Yes
Comments
Quarantine area prepared for the acclimatization and treatment of the incoming animals.
Service
Minimally Invasive Surgery Unit
Available for external use?
Yes
Comments
Facilities equipped and prepared for minimally invasive surgical training and research, by using real ex vivo tissues and in vivo animal models as pigs and rabbits.
Equipment
Ventilators
Service type: self-service or full-service?
Full-service
Equipment
Multiparameter monitors
Service type: self-service or full-service?
Full-service
Equipment
Perfusion pumps
Service type: self-service or full-service?
Full-service
Equipment
Surgical microscope
Service type: self-service or full-service?
Full-service
Equipment
Blood pressure analysis system
Service type: self-service or full-service?
Full-service
Equipment
Volatile anesthesia system
Service type: self-service or full-service?
Full-service
Equipment
Behavioral equipment
Service type: self-service or full-service?
Full-service