The Medical College of Georgia maintains a centralized animal care program
with administrative
responsibility assigned to the Office of Laboratory Animal Services. Animal
facilities for this project are located nearby the investigator’s
laboratory.
The facility and program is accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC), a Registered Research Facility with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA No. 57-R-0002), and has an Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare OLAW Assurance Statement (A3307-01; dated March 2, 2005 on file.
There are two veterinarians and 17 animal care technicians on staff. The institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) reviews all research and teaching protocols involving the use of animals and fulfills its other mandated responsibilities.
Reporting Inappropriate
or Deficient Animal Care or Treatment:
Any person observing inappropriate or deficient animal care or treatment
should immediately notify Dr. Laura Tambrallo, Director, Laboratory Animal
Services (1-3421), Dr. Ralph Kolbeck, Chair, IACUC (1-2180), Ms. jenny Whitlock,
Compliance Coordinator (1-0198) or any member of
the IACUC. No facility employee, committee member or laboratory personnel shall
be discriminated against or be subject to any reprisal for reporting violations
of any regulation or standard under the Animal Welfare Act. The
complainant’s identity will be kept confidential when requested.
Office Location:
Division of Laboratory Animal Services
Research and Education Building (CB), Room 1901
Augusta, GA 30912
Phone: 706-721-3421
Fax: 706-721-6277
Office Hours:
8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday
In Case of Emergency After Hours:
Contact Public Safety, 721-2911 (for on-call roster).