Animal Surgery Operating Rooms (ASOR)
provides facilities to perform sterile, minimally-invasive, and non-sterile surgical procedures on non-rodent species.
Contacts
Animal Surgery Operating Rooms
734-764-0224
ulam-asor@umich.edu
Jean Nemzek, DVM, MS, DACVS
jnemzek@umich.edu
Location
Medical School Campus
North Campus Research Complex
Medical School
Who We Serve
University of Michigan Researchers
Core Summary
The Animal Surgery Operating Rooms (ASOR), part of the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM), operate on both the Medical School Campus and at the North Campus Research Complex. Facilities are available for investigators to perform sterile, minimally-invasive, and non-sterile surgical procedures on non-rodent species. Services and facilities can be utilized individually or combined as a full service based on the needs of a specific research project. Facility personnel are licensed veterinary technicians and AALAS Technologists. A ULAM Veterinary Board-Certified Surgeon also oversees daily operations.
Services
- Animal surgery operating rooms
- Assistance with animal use protocols
- Assistance with training laboratories
- Intra-operative anesthesia and monitoring
- Post-operative recovery
- Pre-operative preparation
- Steam and ethylene oxide sterilization
- Sterile facility rental
- Surgical consultation
Equipment
- Anesthesia machines with isoflurane or Sevoflurane vaporizers
- Autoclave
- Basic surgical instruments and supplies
- Cautery units
- External heat support (heat lamps/circulating water blankets/ Hot Dog)
- Fluoroscopy
- Glucometer
- I-Stat: chemistry and blood gas analyzer
- IV fluid warmer
- IV infusion pumps
- Lead gowns & thyroid shields
- Microhematocrit centrifuge
- Monitors: EKG, Pulse oximetry, carbon dioxide, direct and indirect blood pressure (NIBP and IBP)
- Radiographic unit
- Refractometer
- Scrubs and personal protective equipment
- Stainless steel tables
- Surgical suction
- Ventilators