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The best conditions for a high level research
 

Despite the development of alternative methods, animal testing is still necessary in research centres that wish to be at the forefront of research. IDIBELL's animal testing has the strictest controls of security and animal welfare.
 

Laboratory animals are used by IDIBELL researchers at two locations: the Bellvitge Animal Facility (located on the University of Barcelona campus, and specialising in large animals), and the IDIBELL Animal House Service, placed on the third floor of Duran and Reynals Hospital and focusing on the housing and care of small rodents in SPF conditions (basically immunodepressed and genetically modified)

IDIBELL Animal House covers an area of 700 m². It has only houses mice, grouped together in two different types: genetically modified and immunodepressed. In both cases the animals are housed in cages with filters (in cupboards or on ventilated racks) that correspond with the conditions for care relating to their characteristics with the aim of avoiding any possible contamination that could affect them.

 

Quality assurance

 

IDIBELL Animal House Service fulfills the regulations on the use of experimentation animals.

IDIBELL also has an Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee that oversees and evaluates all the experiments that involve animal use.

Thanks to its security and quality policy, IDIBELL Animal House Service obtained the full accreditation by the AAALAC International (Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International), a reference agency in the accreditation of animal research centres.

IDIBELL's Animal House is the only in Spain with this international accreditation.

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Services

 


The provision of services for internal and external users include:

 

 

General techniques


Anesthesia, analgesia, euthanasia

 Administration of fluids and drugs, extraction of blood or other fluids

 Administration of Hormones, mating, control of vaginal caps, weaning and sexing

 Assistance in surgical procedures

 Postoperative Cures

 Rederivation by Caesarean section
 


Techniques related to experimental oncology
 

Inoculation of tumour lines or xenographs in mice

 Exeresis and measurement of tumours

 Primary cultures 

 

 

Teaching and training of personnel
 

Manipulation of mice kept under SPF conditions

 Control of colonies of genetically modified organisms

 Experimental Oncology 

 


Advice on issues related to laboratory animals
 

Compliance with Autonomic and State Regulations

 AAALAC accreditation

 Notifications to hold genetically modified organisms


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Coordinator

 

Joana Visa

jvisa@idibell.cat
 
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