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Vision Statement
To be a strategic partner with unrivalled resources and expertise in the production of Laboratory Animals and provision of standardized Animal Experimentation services as well as training of Laboratory Animal Scientists & Technicians for the Biomedical community in Africa.
Mission Statement
To provide well-defined Laboratory Animals for Research, Teaching and Testing for the improvement of human health, taking cognisance of their humane care and use and the 3Rs (Reduction, Refinement & Replacement)
Departmental Research Activities
- Establishment and characterization of Animal Facilities and development of Animal Models for biomedical research
- Pre-clinical safety and efficacy profiling of medical plant extracts in well-defined laboratory animals.
Areas of expertise
- Laboratory Animal Breeding and husbandry
- Animal facility management and advisory services
- Microbiology and Molecular genotyping
- Veterinary care and diagnostics
- Histopathological tissue processing and pyrogen testing
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Key Research Projects
The MAPReG
Key Publications
- Establishment of Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) animal production facility and supply of animals to the biomedical community in Ghana and the West African sub-region
- Establishment of a hystricomorph rodent (the grasscutter) as a WHO recommended model for studying the pathology of buruli ulcer
- Training hub for in vivo pre-clinical evaluation of medicinal plants
Internal Collaborator(s)
- Prof. Regina Appiah-Oppong, Dr. Kwabena Owusu Dankwah, Department of Clinical Pathology
- Dr. Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi (Department of Immunology)
- Dr. Irene Ayi (Department of Parasitology)
- UG School of Pharmacy
External Collaborator(s)
Funder(s)
- Japan International Coorporation Agency (JICA)
- Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID), University of Ghana