The Department of Comparative Medicine - Technical Services Unit (TSU) is an on-campus service that offers a wide variety of skills, capabilities, and other services with our veterinary team and other trained technicians to assist in accomplishing animal research goals for an hourly standardized rate.
We also offer expertise for a wide variety of procedures to help with research needs of all species housed on campus. These include many of the following, but are not limited to-
- Blood collections from a wide variety of sources for all species
- Tattooing (Tattoo kit rental or DCM lab stamp available) or other ID needs
- Tail vein injections
- Gavages
- XRAD and IVIS use and assistance
- Stereotaxic related procedures
- Necropsy and tissue collection
- Indwelling IV catheter knowledge
- IP injections
- Assistance with animal experiments
- ABSL3 experiments
- Protocol related help such as fasting, weighing, special checks, record keeping
- Weekend assistance for study related needs
- In-house bloodwork including CBCs with a 5-part differential
- In–house biochemistries *Please note: If your source material is from a rodent, whole blood collected into lithium heparin can be used for biochemistries in place of serum.
To find out more, email DCM-TSU@ouhsc.edu.
All requested work must be included in the approved Animal Use Protocol authorized by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). DCM-TSU adheres strictly to IACUC standards for all requested procedures unless alternative techniques are explicitly approved in the protocol.
If work is required outside normal business hours, additional charges may apply based on non-standard hours and professional time.
To ensure timely assistance, please submit requests at least 24-48 hours in advance. More complex procedures may require up to two weeks to complete. Due to staffing and other potential constraints, some technical services may have additional lead times.
Once your request is submitted, please monitor your email for correspondence from the DCM-TSU team.
We
look forward to working with you to accomplish all of your animal research
needs in a timely manner!
Click Here to Request Technical Services (Online Form)