LABORATORY ANIMAL FACILITIES AND PROGRAM

The animal facility at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine contains approximately 20,000 gross square feet of modern, well equippped space which includes a surgery suite, cagewash facility, diagnostic laboratory, necropsy room, quarantine area and infectious disease containment suite. The centralized laboratory animal care program is accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care and it is directed by a veterinarian who is a diplomat in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. The Biomedical Research Administrator of animal care is certified as a Laboratory Animal Technologist by the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science.


For Further Information Please Contact:

Linda Toth, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Director, Laboratory Animal Medicine

Last update: September 24, 2001

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