Procedure Rooms

Investigators are encouraged to do simple animal research tasks in conventional animal rooms. However, procedures that may be harmful to other animals in the room such as the use of volatile chemicals, euthanasia or generation of excess noise, etc. should not be performed in animal housing rooms. Such activities should be done in procedure rooms which are available in DLAR for more complex, noxious, or time-consuming procedures.

Use of these rooms can be scheduled by calling the DLAR supervisors office at ext. 7-6155.

These rooms are a research community asset and are available at no charge. However, since janitorial service is not available, a cleaning fee will be charged if the areas are left dirty.

Use of these rooms can eliminate the need for transporting animals to investigators laboratories for injections and other procedures. There are rooms at each facility that are equipped with safety hoods in which volatile chemicals and anesthetics can be used.