The Health Science Animal Facility has several facility sites. The Central Animal Facility is located in a nearby building. The facilities are of masonry construction with animal rooms, support laboratories, cage washing areas, operating rooms. Animal caging is of stainless steel, plastic, or aluminum depending on the animal species, and is sanitized at appropriate intervals by use of mechanical cage washing equipment. Light cycles are controlled appropriately.
Animal care is conducted by trained technicians and supervised by veterinarians regularly.
Library and Computer Resources . Students and faculty have access to two libraries, both branches of the Health Science Center. The HSC Library North in Kresge, and the HSC Library South in the Dental School. Plans are underway to merge these two sites within the next two years. Faculty can also access the holdings and do literature searches from the computers at their desks through modems or software with ethernet connections.