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The Animal Husbandry Laboratory of Victor Babes is having as main activity the growth, use, and provision of laboratory animals used for scientific purposes (the Authorisation health-veterinary no. 21/21.11.2024).

All of the activities related to animals in the laboratory is carried out in accordance with the recognized principles of the Directive 2010/63/EU and domestic law.The Animal Husbadry Laboratory holds a special area that allows the activities of: the breeding, maintenance, quarantine area, the animals in the experiment, the area for the procedure.

In the laboratory, Animal husbandry carries out the following activities:

• The production of laboratory animals, rats, mice, and rats.
• The activity of the test in vivo studies. Test in vivo studies it refers to the use of animals for experimental procedures for research grants or contracts for difference trading.

In the present day, in the laboratory, Biobază are housed mice (C57BL/6J strains, BALB/c) and rats (Wistar), and genetically modified mice obtained from the Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME, USA).

The protocols for the in vivo studies can be provided at the request of the beneficiary, or may be agreed upon by the parties in the context of the laboratory.

The unit is the equipment for the study of metabolic, haematology, behavioral tests in order to assess the effect of drugs on motor coordination or for the assessment of learning and memory in animal models of disorders of the central nervous system, is a complete system for the analysis of how to evaluate the number of steps, and the children (CatWalkTM XT), as well as a system for ultrasound in general and heart failure, with applications in cardiovascular diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancer (for JUST 210 Ultrasound System).