Announcements

Central to the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM)’s mission is a commitment to service, integrity, and collaboration in support of innovative research that improves health outcomes for both...

How can you ensure your animals receive the special chow your research requires? How do you tell your room husbandry technician that you don’t want your breeding cages disturbed immediately following...

We understand that there may be some ongoing confusion regarding the process of transitioning rodents from corn cob (Bed-O’Cobs®) bedding to a recycled paper-based bedding (Pure-O’Cel®) in rodent...

As part of the U-M research community, you are keenly aware of how important reliable data is in determining the use and allocation of resources. In that spirit, the  department  of Environment,...

Several service areas in the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM) will be closed or operating at limited capacity during the upcoming holiday season. Below is a list of operating schedules and...

We are pleased to announce that newly designed cage cards are now being rolled out across campus. To ensure that all animal care and use personnel have adequate time to become acclimated with the new...

The In-Vivo Animal Core (IVAC) and Gnotobiotic Facility, part of the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM), are participants in the

The Microscopy & Image Analysis Laboratory (MIL), part of the UMMS Biomedical Research Core Facilities, has begun phasing out all light microscopy histology services, including cryosectioning,...

The Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee (IACUC) will begin its next round of semi-annual facility inspections on Tuesday, August 7. Inspections will run through the end of September and...

Maintaining accurate, up-to-date records for all animals under your care is critical to animal health. Incomplete and/or incorrect records of any kind (e.g., surgical/anesthetic/sedation, post-...