Welcome to Comparative Medicine

The Comparative Medicine administrative offices are located in the new  Durham Research Center . Our "twin" research building, the Research Center for Excellence II, RCE II, is now under construction and occupancy is planned for late 2008 or early 2009.

Our mission is to ensure the well-being of animals used in UNMC’s biomedical research, teaching and testing program,ensure compliance with applicable federal regulations and accreditation standards, and to maintain and improve the quality of research animal facilities, equipment and professional research support services in a cost efficient manner.

Comparative Medicine provides professional veterinary medical, husbandry and proposal review services to support animals used in biomedical research.The UNMC animal care and use program has been accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care,  AAALAC International since 1966. The accreditation process provides continuing voluntary peer review of the UNMC program by internationally recognized experts. UNMC is registered as a research facility with the United States Department of Agriculture under the Animal Welfare Act .The care and use of animals used for research at UNMC is based on national guidelines and Federal Regulations including:

• The  U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing, Research and Training.
• The  USDA implementing regulations , (9CFR), of the Animal Welfare Act.
• U.S. Public Health Service Policy Assurance for the Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals negotiated with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, OLAW.
• The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals , and the UNMC/UNO IACUC Guidelines for the Care and Use of Live Vertebrate Animals.

Accredited Since 1966

Udated on March 4, 2008 by Steve Dixon, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACLAM