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Laboratory Animal Center 5211 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO, 64110 Phone: (816)235-1681 Fax: 816-235-6532 Email: research@umkc.edu Website: http://web1.umkc.edu/research/facilities/LAC/SOP.html The Laboratory Animal Center is a well-designed centralized service organization for the care and housing of laboratory animals. Its function is to aid the faculty and research personnel at UMKC in the humane care and use of laboratory animal in teaching, research and testing purposes. It is responsible for the daily care of all vertebrate animals on the UMKC campuses. The central facility is located on the Volker Campus and its satellite facility is located at the School of Medicine. The LAC serves as a basis of operations for all the UMKC animal- care interests and the personnel necessary for the care and use of animals. The procurement of animals, animal supplies and the sanitized equipment necessary for the functions of these facilities are under the direction of a veterinarian and a staff of trained animal technicians. The Laboratory Animal Center is operated under UMKC’s Office of Graduate Faculties and Research. The University has a functional Animal Care and Use Committee, which is in compliance with federal (NIH and USDA), state and local organizations that govern the humane care and use of laboratory animals. The LAC has been fully accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care since 1977.