Department Facilities

The DCM is responsible for the husbandry and/or veterinary care for all vertebrate animals maintained for research, teaching, or testing on the campus. Approximately 75,000 gross square feet of facilities are provided in several locations on campus that are specifically designed and constructed for housing experimental animals. Specialized housing areas for maintenance of animals used on biohazardous studies are also available. Animals are housed in 4 buildings on campus. The campus buildings are all owned by the University. A list of campus buildings containing animal facilities is available through the Department of Comparative Medicine (448-5656), noting the NSF (net square feet, including only actual room space and not walls, corridors, mechanical space, elevators, stairwells, etc.) of animal facility space and number of animal rooms in each building.