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Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR)
Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) administers and supports all research, teaching and studies which require the use of animals. LAR is available to provide support to all animal researchers.
PHS Assurance D16-00919 (A4730-01) | USDA Certificate #74-R-0216
We follow AAALAC practices and maintain compliance with the following:
What We Do
- Husbandry care (feeding, watering, housing and cleaning) in species-appropriate environments
- Clinical care
- Research study support
- Animal Facility access and oversight
- Training: handling, sample collection, colony management, surgery etc.
- Select equipment rental
- Billing for services and supplies
- Animal purchasing and transportation
tick@lab
All animal management functions (e.g. animal orders, census, breeding and health management) are maintained in the electronic software “tick@lab”. You must request access to the tick@lab site. The site uses a single-sign on method with your UTRGV credentials. If you are unable to log in (i.e. access denied) please submit an access request.
Announcements
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All new staff, faculty and students, please contact LAR to sign-up for the Lab Animal Resources Orientation. It is offered the first and third Monday of each month 2:30-4:30pm.
Resources
- Expense Calculation Sheet - Use to Calculate Expenses for grants and budgeting
- Per Diems and fee schedule - Laboratory Animal Resources Rates
- Shipping Form
- Receiving Form
- Training
- Software Access Request Instructions
FAQ
Submit a protocol in tick@lab for approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). Once approved, Lab Animal Resources will provide you with an orientation and facility tour and assist you with training and animal orders.
Rates are calculated annually per cage. The rates can be found by selecting the link on the webpage titled per diems (link) here or on the webpage.
To assist with budgeting for grant submission, you may also reference the Expense Calculation Sheet (link). Feel free to reach out for assistance in budget planning.
You may place your animal order requests at any time. However, because of our hot temperatures during the summer, delivery is not guaranteed to occur during hot temperature days. It is best to plan your orders to arrive between October through April. If animals are coming from a colder region (Oregon, New York) during the winter, you may also experience delays due to temperatures being too cold for animals to be transported.
Couriers are bound by federal and international animal transportation regulations to ensure safe temperatures for your animals for the duration of their trip.
Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) can train or re-train you and your staff on proper animal handling, minor non-surgical and surgical techniques.
To request training in tick@lab, please refer to the Request training tick@lab training.
Technician rates are available for research support, if you would like LAR technicians to perform animal procedures for your study (e.g., tissue collection, oral gavage, intraperitoneal injections, etc.). Rates can be found on the per diem (link) page.
We will grant you read-only calendar access to our procedural rooms to see availability.
Please submit a request via tick@lab, How to reserve procedure rooms.
We request more than a 24-hour notice for reservations and 30 minutes between activities to allow us time to properly stock and clean the rooms.
Reservations made within less than 24 hours cannot guarantee all supplies or a properly cleaned room.
Rates are found on the per diem page (link).
Log in to tick@lab and create a Task (+New Task), how to reserve equipment.
We request more than a 24-hour notice for reservations and 30 minutes between activities to allow us time to properly stock and clean the rooms.
Reservations made within less than 24 hours cannot be guaranteed.Laboratory Animal Resources (LAR) will handle all your animal shipping and receiving needs. Please complete the Shipping Form (link) to the best of your ability and submit it to animalresources@utrgv.edu. We will work with the receiving institution and coordinate packaging and shipment.
Yes, tick@lab has the flexibility to support many different unique identifications. Please refer to our animal management features.