Further information
The animal care facilities at UWA are responsible for the daily care, husbandry and agistment of all animals.
UWA's animal care facilities are managed by Animal Care Services, which is responsible for project management, compliance, and specialist animal services including surgical support, tissue and material collection and analysis.
Animal care at UWA
- Our policies are for the benefit for staff and users of the facilities, and for the welfare and care of the animals.
- Our Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) ensure quality assurance.
Services
We provide state-of-the-art high containment quarantine, PC2 and PC3 facilities for small laboratory animal research facilitate housing and management of large animal and selected native animal species.
Costs
Agistment charges apply to animal care activities; service costs are also cost recovered. There are two basic sets of charges:
- The agistment charge is for the weekly food and consumable items required for the care of the animal.
- If there are additional charges such as for the use of specialist rooms or equipment or additional staff time, this will be discussed and agreed by you prior to submission of the application for approval to the Animal Ethics Committee.
A price schedule is provided to assist you with budgeting. An order form is also provided:
There are seven contained facilities with more than 35 staff responsible for the care of the research and teaching animals:
- Biomedical Research Facility
- (+61 8) 6488 6606
- Pre Clinical Facility
- (+61 8) 6488 3238
- Large Animal Facility
- (+61 8) 6488 7961
- Sheep Research Facility
- (+61 8) 9387 2284
- Native Animal Facility
- (+61 8) 9387 2284
- Royal Perth Hospital
- (+61 8) 9224 2814
- M Block, Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital
- (+61 8) 9346 2152
University information
CRICOS Code: 00126G
