Research A to Z

A systemic analgesic is a drug that provides pain relief to the entire body.

Water coming out of the sink faucet; contains chlorine, which is bad for the fish and will kill them. If used to wash equipment, make sure equipment is dry before using it or rinse it with system water.

• Supplies: An amount or quantity of a commodity that is needed outside the normal per-diem fee schedule. For example: additional cages, water bottles when placed long-term on ventilated racks, and non-standard lab requested Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Note: the time spent and/or service provided must also be charged to the lab monthly.
   
• Services: To provide time and assistance with a specific job/ task above and beyond standard husbandry duties. For example: euthanasia, amount of time spent changing diabetic animal cages, etc. Technician time may also refer to additional supplies used and provided beyond the normal standard operating procedures.
   
• Technical Services: Laboratory requested contracted services to be provided by the ULAM Technical Service Team. For example: checking plugs, tagging, tailing, bleeds, injections, measure tumors, etc. Note: the time it takes to provide the service will be billed in 15-minute increments unless management approves otherwise.
   
• Overtime: Will be charged to time spent providing additional services on weekends, holidays, or after regular working hours (6:00 AM - 4:15 PM). Overtime charges will be a multiplication of the total time on weekends/holidays/after hours by 1.5 (ULAM Business Office personnel will perform this calculation).

Room temperature desired to be maintained for each species according to the room temperature table (see Appendix A in the Animal Room Environmental Monitoring SOP).

An agent capable of causing developmental abnormalities.

The fire tetrahedron can be applied to fires associated with animal use procedures.

The application of substances directly to the skin for topical effect.

A vaccine administered for long-term protection against a bacterial toxin.

Complete cage set up; including cage bottom, feeder, and micro-isolation top.

A full-page form used for documenting information for inclusion in the permanent medical record.

Alternative breeding strategy in which two adult females and one adult male are co-housed and left together following the birth of pups, resulting in a maximum of two litters and three adults in a cage. To engage in trio birthing, justification for overcrowding must be submitted to and approved by the IACUC.

Technical Service Team. Part of the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM). E-mail address: ULAM-Techservice@med.umich.edu.

Applied generally to diseases caused by the tuberculous group of bacteria in the genus Mycobacteria.

A record maintained by investigative personnel that includes the dates and observation codes for animals with experimentally induced tumors. Detailed information on tumor monitoring can be found in the Guidelines and SOP on Tumor Monitoring.

Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine. ULAM provides veterinary care to all animals housed on U-M’s campus. ULAM also manages animal ordering and acquisition, animal transport, animal husbandry and housing, personnel training, animal enrichment, and specialized research support services.

These are vendors which the faculty veterinarians have determined to meet the qualifications for providing high health status reasearch animals. However, these vendors require ongoing evaluation to ensure their health monitoring standards remain high, due to an absence of history of health status communication. The Rodent Health Surveillance Team’s (RHST’s) faculty veterinarian and/or import coordinator will review the health reports and program descriptions routinely. As long as they have this status, animals from these vendors do not need to be quarantined upon arrival and can be sent directly to housing rooms. All purchase requests are handled by the ULAM Ordering Team.

 

This is a subset of the Approved Vendor list. These are vendors which, for any of several reasons, the faculty veterinarians have not granted either “ULAM Approved Vendor” or “ULAM Conditionally Approved Vendor” status. Animals coming from these vendors must be quarantined upon arrival, and their receipt is coordinated by the RHST’s import coordinator. For large animal shipments, the import coordinator will work closely with the faculty veterinarians. Investigators have the option of purchasing animals from these vendors themselves and going through their departments to pay for them, or having the RHST’s import coordinator work with the ULAM Business Office to do this for them.

• Obtaining rodents from non-approved vendors: Requests for rats and mice from non-approved vendors should be directed to the ULAM Rodent Health Surveillance Team
• Obtaining USDA species from non-approved vendors: Requests for hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and rabbits from non-approved vendors should be directed to the veterinary faculty for evaluation of the animal source
   

A young animal that is hunched and scruffy, quiet, lethargic or otherwise appears sick.

United States Department of Agriculture. The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service oversees activities involving the use of vertebrate animals at government-registered research institutions. The USDA receives its authority through federal law (Code of Federal Regulations, Title 7 and 9). Veterinary Medical Officers enforcing the 7 and 9 CFRs inspect research organizations at least annually.