Contact details
Director:
Tel.: +34 91/497 3830 or +34 91/497 53 08
e-mail: david.munoz@uam.es
The Veterinary Office of the La Princesa/Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) Research Institute, registration number ES-28079-0000097, is located on the Medical Campus of the UAM. Its purpose is to raise, produce and monitor animals to be used in research. It has a diagnostic laboratory where serological, parasitological, radiodiagnostic and pathological anatomy tests are performed.
The following test animals are bred or maintained in these facilities:
- Rodents: Rats and mice (outbred, inbred, genetically modified).
- Rabbits.
- Guinea pigs.
- Amphibians (Xenopus).
- Pigs.
- Goats.
- Cats.
- Non-human primates.
All Veterinary Office personnel are in possession of the corresponding accreditation in accordance with Spanish Royal Decree RD 53/2013 dated February 1.
General Animal Services
- Health control of rodents.
- Serology.
- Microbiology.
- Parasitology.
- Processing of tissue samples for anatomical pathology research (in paraffin, preparation of cuts).
- Recording blood pressure and heart rate in rats.
- Radiology of rodents.
- Production of polyclonal antibodies: Inoculation and taking samples.
- Surgical preparation of experimental models (castration, vasectomy, hysterectomy, thymectomy, etc.) and pathological models (diabetes).
- Preparation of pregnant females, mice and rats with known cross-breeding date.
- Ethics committees.
- Maintenance, care and experiment protocols.
- Training for researchers and technicians (inoculations via different pathways, organ extraction, fluid extraction, administration of drugs via different pathways, experimental protocols and animal identification).
- Adaptation of installations to current regulations: design.
- Animal welfare.
- Health control.
- Training by means of periods spent at other centres for scientific and technical staff.
- Anaesthesia and euthanasia appropriate to the experimental model.
- Bibliography.
USE OF VETERINARY OFFICE SERVICES
- The Lead Researcher (LR), before requesting a project that requires the use of animals, must contact the Veterinary Office Management gabinete.veterinario@uam.es to request a space.
- The space will be allocated by the Veterinary Office Management. Should it not be possible at that time, it will be added to a waiting list.
- The project must have approval from the competent authority in terms of animal protection and funding.
- The Veterinary Office will invoice services provided to researchers annually.
- All personnel working on procedures involving animals must be adequately trained and qualified.
SPECIES | SPECIES | OTHER CENTRES |
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SD rats 7 days | €2.30 | € 2.90 |
SD rat (1-2 months) | € 5.80 | € 7.20 |
SD rat (2-6 months) | € 11.00 | € 13.90 |
SD rat (6-12 days) | € 15.60 | € 19.60 |
SD rat (12-24 months) | € 26.60 | € 33.50 |
SHR and WKY rats: | ||
10 days | € 2.90 | € 4.00 |
1 month | € 11.00 | € 13.90 |
1-3 months | € 15.00 | € 18.60 |
3-6 months | € 20.20 | € 25.20 |
12 months | € 26.60 | € 33.50 |
12-18 months | € 41.60 | € 52.00 |
18 -32 months | € 71.60 | € 90.10 |
Pregnant SD females with date | € 24.30 | € 31.20 |
Pregnant SHR/WKY females with date | € 52.50 | € 65.60 |
Neutered rats | € 17.30 | € 20.80 |
Neutered and aged rats | € 33.50 | € 41.60 |
Mouse litter | € 8.70 | € 11.60 |
SD mouse litter | € 14.40 | € 18.50 |
SHR/WKY mouse litter | € 31.50 | € 39.40 |
Inbred mice (0-1 month) | € 1.30 | € 1.40 |
Adult inbred mice | € 5.80 | € 8.10 |
Aged inbred mice | € 6.90 | € 9.20 |
European cat | € 173.30 | € 231.00 |
Not including VAT (21%)
ANIMAL HOUSING | UAM | OTHER CENTRES |
SPECIES | Rate € / week | Rate € / week |
Chronic rats | € 2.90 | € 3.50 |
Diabetic rats | € 4.00 | € 5.00 |
Mice/Standard type II cage | € 1.20 | € 1.70 |
Mice/Large type II cage | € 1.50 | € 1.90 |
Chronic rabbits | € 4.60 | € 10.40 |
Chronic cats | € 6.90 | € 8.70 |
Primates (Cercopithecus) | € 9.80 | € 12.30 |
Primates (Callitrichidae) | € 4.60 | € 5.80 |
Guinea pigs | € 3.50 | € 4.30 |
Xenopus | € 0.90 | € 1.10 |
Not including VAT (10%)
Health controls | Other Centres |
Serology | € 10.50/serum and agent tested |
Parasitology | € 3.70/animal |
Not including VAT (21%)
Rabbits | UAM | Other Centres |
Extractions and inoculations. | € 3.90 | € 4.90 |
Extract/Cardiac puncture | € 8.70 | € 11.00 |
Not including VAT (21%)
Anaesthesia | UAM | Other Centres |
Use of anaesthesia equipment/hour | € 6.30 | € 7.90 |
Not including VAT (21%)
Operating theatre | UAM | Other Centres |
Use of operating theatre/day | € 8.40 | € 10.50 |
Not including VAT (21%)