Animal Husbandry and Facility Procedures

To request husbandry service: 

Please send an email at least 24 hours in advance to cages@som.umaryland.edu 

To request cages:

Please send an email at least 24 hours in advance to cages@som.umaryland.edu and include the following:

• number of cages
• PI name and protocol number
• Animal housing building and room number
• Date needed by

All research animals (mammal, amphibian, fish, etc.) are to be housed within our facilities unless approved otherwise. For questions or concerns, please contact the corresponding facility manager. Contact information can be found for each building below:

Campus Facilities:

• Bressler Research Building (BRB)
• Health Sciences Research Facility I (HSF-I)
• Health Sciences Research Facility III (HSF-III)
• Howard Hall (HH)
• Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC)
• Medical School Teaching Facility (MSTF)
• School of Dentistry (SOD)
• School of Pharmacy (SOP)

Associated Facilities:

• Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VA)
• Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET)
• Institute of Human Virology (IHV)
• University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)