The UMBC Director of Veterinary Management for the UMBC Animal Research Center should be contacted in regard to animal care, along with pre-research consultation. The Attending Veterinarian may also be contacted for required in person training, whether that be for the Animal User training and orientation training or hands-on surgical technique training.
Pre-research consultation is also available for the following topics:
- Special caging or experimental techniques
- Selection of appropriate animal species to carry out specific animal techniques
- Animal models of human diseases
- Anatomical and physiological peculiarities of animals used in research
- Techniques of anesthesia, analgesia, chemical restraint, and dosages
- Techniques of blood and other sampling and drug or chemical administration
- Mice
- Rats
- Pathological and clinical effects of intercurrent animal disease
- Estimates of animal purchase prices and facility per diems