Animal care services
Animal Care Services (ACS) commits to providing research excellence to all UVic researchers.
ACS provides:
- housing facilities and services for animals
- veterinary and diagnostic services
- training and expertise in laboratory animal medicine
- veterinary oversight of all animal facilities at UVic
The Animal Care Committee (ACC) must approve all research with animals before starting.
Useful resources:
After hours emergencies
If you are working after hours (before 7:30 a.m., or after 3:30 p.m., 7 days per week) at any of the animal care or aquatics facilities and you experience an animal health or equipment-related emergency, please contact campus security (x7599). On-call personnel will be notified of the emergency immediately.
Veterinary director
Our veterinary director can assist you with:
- experimental design
- diagnostic or medical support and guidance
- regulatory guidance
Animal health technicians
Our animal health technicians (AHTs) can assist you with:
- technical and health-related support for laboratory animals
- acquisition of research animals, drugs and supplies
- colony management, monitoring and trouble-shooting support
- training for researchers in animal health assessment and technical procedures
Registered laboratory animal technicians
Our registered laboratory animal technicians (RLATs) can assist you with:
- housing, equipment, breeding and dietary support/guidance
- animal and procedure rooms maintenance
- training in husbandry procedures
- animal environment maintenance and monitoring
Aquatics technicians
Our aquatics technicians can assist you with:
- aquatic animal husbandry and health
- equipment and water quality maintenance and reporting
- lab set-up and removal
- training in husbandry and technical procedures for aquatic species
Animal ethics liaison
The animal ethics liaison can assist you with:
- ACC and ACS enquiries
- ACS education and training programs
- Animal Use Protocol (AUP) and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) submissions for ACC review and approval
Procedure room calendars
To access the procedure room calendars and to book time, .