Small Animal Facility

Overview

The rodent animal facility of the Department of Experimental Animal Research at Seoul National University Hospital is a core facility that forms the foundation of life sciences and biomedical research. To ensure the accuracy and reproducibility of research, it maintains rigorous environmental management and a systematic operating system. The facility maintains environmental conditions that meet international standards and systematically carries out the entire process-feed supply, sanitation management, health monitoring, and more-in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). In addition, it thoroughly manages the health status of laboratory animals through a microbially controlled environment.

Currently, the introduction of laboratory animals at the SPF (Specific Pathogen Free) level is required as a principle, and the facility is operated in three zones: the SPF zone, the Semi-SPF zone, and the general external-release zone. All animal facilities apply the Individual Ventilated Cage (IVC) system to minimize cross-infection and to ensure worker safety.

The rodent animal facility of the Department of Experimental Animal Research at Seoul National University Hospital pursues both the conduct of ethical animal experiments and the creation of scientific research outcomes, establishing itself as a trusted research infrastructure that contributes to enhancing domestic and international research competitiveness.