
The CMARC provides year-round animal care and husbandry for a wide variety of laboratory animal models, ensuring that their physiological and psychological needs are met. A team of trained professionals is responsible for maintaining proper nutrition, hydration, environmental enrichment, health monitoring, and accurate record-keeping. The facility ensures that environmental parameters are controlled, contributing to the welfare of research animals.
All new research staff working with laboratory animals are required to attend a facility orientation before gaining access to any animal facility.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
The mission of the Comparative Medicine and Animal Resources Centre (CMARC), formerly the Animal Resources Centre, is to provide high-quality care to the animals and facilitate research and teaching. Professional animal care and veterinary staff are dedicated to the health and well-being of the animals under their care and are a resource of comprehensive services supporting McGill's fundamental mission of education and research.
The CMARC provides year-round animal care and husbandry for a wide variety of laboratory animal models, ensuring that their physiological and psychological needs are met. A team of trained professionals is responsible for maintaining proper nutrition, hydration, environmental enrichment, health monitoring, and accurate record-keeping. The facility ensures that environmental parameters are controlled, contributing to the welfare of research animals.
All new research staff working with laboratory animals are required to attend a facility orientation before gaining access to any animal facility.


Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
The mission of the Comparative Medicine and Animal Resources Centre (CMARC), formerly the Animal Resources Centre, is to provide high-quality care to the animals and facilitate research and teaching. Professional animal care and veterinary staff are dedicated to the health and well-being of the animals under their care and are a resource of comprehensive services supporting McGill's fundamental mission of education and research.
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