Center of Laboratory Animal Resources

Director: Champion, James

Summary:

Access to CLAR facilities is restricted to authorized investigators with CLAR and IACUC approval. No individuals may enter the facilities without this CLAR/IACUC authorization.

Since its inception, the Center for Laboratory Animal Resources (CLAR) has centralized most research and teaching animal care for the Atlanta University Center consortium. Our purpose is to provide total animal care services as needed to all academic and/or research faculty and staff affiliated with any one of the member institutions of the Atlanta University Center (AUC).

People:

• Director: Champion, James
  
• PI: Bond, Vincent C., Ph.D.
  

Member: Floyd, Donna
Role: Lab/Animal Health Technician


Member: Hazel, Phillip
Role: Laboratory Manager


Member: Paul, Katherine

Resources:

Instruments

• AIMS tattoo machine ( Tattoo machine )
  

Organisms and Viruses

• C3H/HeJ ( Mus musculus )
  

  Training/breeding animals. A protocol transfer form must accompany any animal requests.

• C57BL/6 ( Mus musculus )
  

  Training/breeding animals. A protocol transfer form must accompany any animal requests.

• Sprague Dawley rat ( Rattus norvegicus )
  

  Training/breeding animals. A protocol transfer form must accompany any animal requests.

Services

• Animal disposal service ( Material processing service )
  

  Includes disposal of all animal species upon termination of experimental protocol.

• Animal quarantine service ( Material maintenance service )
  

  Includes maintenance of immunologically compromised animals behind specified barriers, i.e. Specific Pathogen Free (S.P.F.) rabbits, thymectomized mice etc. 

• Animal sample collection service ( Material processing service )
  

  Assistance with sample collection.

• Animal tattooing service ( Material processing service )
  

• Animal use consultation service ( Support service )
  

  Includes consultation on veterinary, regulatory, and/or animal model aspects of laboratory animal use, as requested by investigators.

• Animal vaccination service ( Material processing service )
  

  Routine vaccination against common pathogens, i.e. Sendai, I.C.H. etc., will be absorbed by CLAR.

• Assistance with minor surgery ( Support service )
  

• Basic animal care service ( Material maintenance service )
  

  Includes feeding, watering, and cleaning of primary and secondary animal enclosures.

• Breeding service ( Material production service )
  

  Service includes assistance with breeding.

• Clinical and health monitoring service ( Material analysis service )
  

• Humane euthanasia service ( Material processing service )
  

• Necropsy and diagnostics service ( Material analysis service )
  

  Service provided by CLAR within the per diem charges.

Web Links:

• http://www.msm.edu/research/research_centersandinstitutes/CLAR.aspx