Due to weather-related damages, SFMC inoperable until further notice.
The most recent appropriations for the Department of War expired at 11:59 p.m. EST on September 30, 2025. Military personnel will continue in a normal duty status without pay until such time as a continuing resolution or appropriations are passed by Congress and signed into law. Civilian personnel not engaged in excepted activities will be placed in a non-work, non-pay status.
If you have a scheduled appointment or other business at the MTF, please verify with your provider or applicable office within the MTF to ensure there are no changes in schedule. To learn how the lapse in appropriations affects your TRICARE benefit, visit tricare.mil/shutdown.

Patient Resources

Bio Research Services (BRS)

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Provide WBAMC Staff with opportunities, technical support, and administration for biomedical research and training, using appropriate animal models while ensuring humane animal care and use.

Resources

  1. AAALAC-I Accredited Animal Care and Use Program
  2. Staff: Attending Veterinarian & Technicians
  3. Animal housing: Rodents, Rabbits, Swine
  4. Facilities: Surgical suites / Hyperbaric chamber / Radiology

All animal research at WBAMC is performed strictly under an Animal Research Protocol, approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

Life Cycle of an Animal Research Protocol

  1. Research question of clinical benefit to the Warfighter
  2. Refinement of question and approach thru discussion with clinical mentors and subject matter experts
  3. Protocol development through consultation with the Attending Veterinarian: choice of an appropriate animal model and literature search for duplication and alternatives
  4. Consultation with Statistician
  5. Apply the three R’S:
    • Reduction
    • Refinement
    • Replacement
  6. Protocol Submission to the IACUC, incorporation of revisions
  7. Approval of Animal Use Protocol
  8. Protocol Execution and Documentation
  9. Reporting of Results in peer-reviewed scientific publications

Contact Information

Email Address

Contact Us

Phone:

915-742-2485
1-800-874-2273


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Location

18511 Highland Medics Street,
El Paso, Texas 79918
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