The main services currently offered by BMS are
General services
- Animal welfare services, assistance to scientists in applying for permits for animal experiments.
- Veterinary services, including minor surgical procedures.
- Health surveillance and reporting
- Training of users for the required procedures (according to German and EU law as well as FELASA recommendations).
- Record keeping (PyRAT database) and phenotyping of all new strains according to animal welfare regulations.
Rodents (mainly mice) & quail
- Animal husbandry and colony management
- Technical service including minor procedures (e.g. organ collection, biopsies, injections) and experimental service (e.g. blood values, special feeding regimes, glucose tests, perfusions)
- Import and export of embryos & live animals, quarantine service, rederivation service in collaboration with the Transgenic Core Facility
Aquatics (fish & frogs)
- Husbandry and breeding
- Technical service, e.g. hormone priming and egg collection (frogs), sperm freezing and IVF (fish)
- Import and export of embryos and live fish, quarantine service
Fly unit
- Food production
- Basic husbandry and stock keeping
If you can't find a service you need, please contact us - we are open to new ideas and are constantly looking for new ways to promote animal welfare by introducing better scientific practices.
