Division
of Comparative Medicine
“…contributing
to a greater reverence for life.”
AAALAC
unit #000434;
PHS assurance
#A-4100-01;
USDA registration
#58-R-0015.
“Medicine,
to produce health, has to examine disease.” Plutarch,
98 A.D.
"It is in her moments of abnormalities that nature
reveals its secrets." J. W. von Goethe, 1808.
Comparative
Medicine contributes to a greater understanding of life through studies
that define and compare complex living organisms and processes.
The University
of South Florida affirms that respect for all forms of life
is an inherent characteristic of scientists who conduct research
involving animals, that the respectful treatment, care and use of
animals involved in research is an ethical and scientific necessity,
and that the use of animals in research and teaching contributes
to the advancement of knowledge and the acquisition of understanding.
Comparative Medicine serves as the advocate for animals involved
in research at the University of South Florida, and provides a fully
accredited, centralized service of pathogen-free animal procurement,
husbandry, health surveillance, and quality control, and is the Tampa
Bay regional resource for laboratory animal-related services. 
Comparative
Medicine is fully accredited by AAALAC International
as program #000434, is managed in accordance with the Guide,
the Animal
Welfare Regulations, the PHS
Policy, the FDA
Good Laboratory Practices, and the IACUC’s
Policies, has an assurance #A-4100-01 on file with OLAW/PHS and
maintains registration #58-R-0015 with USDA/APHIS/AC.
Comparative
Medicine veterinarians are Florida-licensed, members of the AVMA,
and are specialty board certified by ACLAM and/or ACVPM,
and/or have research doctorates. Comparative Medicine maintains
institutional memberships with AALAS,
and SCAW. All program staff
are AALAS-certified, and many are either registered with the Society
of Quality Assurance, and/or certified by the Academy
of Surgical Research, or are State of Florida-certified veterinary
technicians.
“Isn’t
it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out
about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive – it’s
such an interesting world.”
L. M. Montgomery, 1908.
