Animal Program Consulting
BMRA offers consultative services to assist organizations in achieving compliance with the National Research Council Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, the Animal Welfare Regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture, and other published standards of accrediting organizations.
We can provide assistance with:
- Assembling an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee and making it work
- Semiannual program and facility evaluation format and supporting forms/paperwork
- Developing a customized family of protocol forms and formats
- Setting up and/or evaluating an existing husbandry program for research animals
- Setting up and/or evaluating an existing program of veterinary care
- Animal facility supply and equipment selection
- Animal facility design and construction from the user perspective
- Standard operating procedure development
- Training on a wide range of topics regarding laboratory care and use
- Cost accounting