Animal Care and Use Services
The Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM) offers a variety of services encompassing all stages of the research cycle to the biomedical research community at the University of Michigan. From procurement and shipping to husbandry and veterinary care, ULAM provides the structure that enables researchers to do their work.
ULAM provides a number of special services (e.g., breeding colony management, technical services, and pathology services) and operates several research support facilities (e.g., germ-free animal facility, housing of animals given hazardous agents, and animal surgery operating rooms.) Researchers can tap into the many levels of expertise offered by ULAM’s faculty veterinarians, veterinary residents, veterinary technicians, and laboratory animal technicians.
In all it has to offer, ULAM strives to deliver high quality animal care and professional support, and to create the optimal environment in which to do biomedical research.