Veterinary Services
The LAF looks first to the health and well-being of animals. It begins with an experienced husbandry staff handling daily needs and continues through to the veterinary staff who administer treatment and consult with investigators.
The university's LAF provides veterinarians who offer many services to researchers, including protocol review, consultation and surgery.
Consultation, Advice and IACUC Protocol Review
The university's LAF provides veterinarians who offer many services to researchers, including protocol review, consultation and surgery.
IACUC Protocol Review
Veterinarians can expedite the process by checking your protocols before you submit them to the IACUC for review. They also can advise you on drug dosages, anesthetic regimes, monitoring programs, supportive care, post-operative care and housing. We encourage researchers and technicians to take advantage of this free service.
Consultation / Advice
Veterinarians are available to advise researchers on:
- The IACUC protocol completion & review
- Anesthetic & analgesic regime selection
- Drug dosages
- Animal model selection
- Surgical methods & instrumentation
- Animal handling
- Zoonotic diseases
- Monitoring charts/programs
Free consultations can be made over the phone, in person or in your lab.
Animal Emergencies
Please contact the veterinary on call if you have an animal emergency.
Surgical Services and Post-Mortems
Surgical Services
Veterinarians can be "hired" to perform surgery as part of a research protocol. They also can assist, consult, or provide training on surgical techniques and instrumentation.
They can advise you, at no cost, on the following:
- suture material;
- suture pattern;
- anesthetic monitoring;
- equipment selection; and
- post operative care.
Post Mortems
Veterinarians are available to perform PMs (or necropsies). All animals that die unexpectedly are necropsied to ensure the disease-free integrity of the animal facilities. A Post Mortem Report will be sent to the principle investigator (owner of the animal), concluding the cause of death. There is no fee for this service.
We supplement the diagnosis with lab tests (serology, bacteriology) and a histopathology performed by board-certified, lab-animal pathologists.
In addition, we can collect tissues or perform a PM as part of a research project.
Anesthesia and Analgesia Dosages
To assist with your procedures, the LAF offers a chart indicating appropriate doses of anesthetics and analgesics for common lab animals.
Animal Care Fees
LAF Vet Staff Services
LAF Vet Staff assistance can be requested for your research procedures. Licensed veterinarians and veterinary technicians are skilled in injections, blood collection, anesthesia, surgical prep, surgical post-operative care, euthanasia, and methods of rodent identification.
Please contact lafvetstaff@buffalo.edu with request for assistance or to set up a meeting. Please provide the name of the Principal Investigator, the IACUC protocol number, and which procedure(s) from the protocol with which you require assistance. Be sure to schedule assistance well in advance (at least 2 weeks, more time is preferable), as we are more likely to be able to plan and accomodate requests with more notice.