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Central Animal Research Facility

Mission & Objectives

  • To provide quality care for all laboratory animals used at the CARF-RAKMHSU
  • To ensure that healthy animals are available for use by the faculty and students who have received approval from the RAKMHSU Research & Ethics Committee to perform research or educational studies on laboratory animals
  • To assist RAKMHSU faculty & students in using animals for research and teaching in ways deemed to be ethical, scientifically valid, and technically viable
  • To provide veterinary, husbandry, sanitation, and management requirements for the well-being of the animals
  • To create a high-quality and safe environment for laboratory animals and to minimize the risk of disease or injury to both animals and personnel
  • To conduct animal experiments in accordance with the highest scientific, humane, and ethical principles accepted internationally
  • To act as a resource center for the faculty on all issues relating to laboratory animals
  • To seek accreditation of CARF by the International Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC), and to be a registered research facility with the International Offices of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)