Requirements
- DVM or its equivalent
- Completion of the Veterinary National Board Examination and a State Board of Veterinary
Medicine examination
- Academic qualifications acceptable for admission to the LSU Graduate School
Applications
- Applicants will apply through the Veterinary Intership and Residency Matching Program
(VIRMP, www.virmp.org).
- Typically, we are searching for applicants every two out of three years. Typically,
applicants would apply in the fall of the year, match in the early spring of the following
year, and then start their program in the July of the same year they matched.
Functions and Duties
Participate in clinical and diagnostic laboratory animal medicine service under the
supervision of ACLAM diplomates.
Participate in the didactic and tutorial instructional programs of the School of Veterinary
Medicine.
Residents will complete a MS degree in any area of science. Students may elect to
work with a mentor from the School of Veterinary Medicine, LSU-Main Campus, or Pennington
Biomedical Research Center.
Contact Us
Rhett Stout, DVM (LSU 1994), Ph.D., DACLAM
Professor and Director of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Pathobiological Sciences
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
[email protected]
Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine
DLAM serves as a central administration division for the operation of two research
animal holding facilities. These facilities include the LSU Vet Med Laboratory Animal
Medicine Facility as well as the Life Sciences Animal Care Facility.
DLAM purchases, maintains, and cares for all teaching and research animals housed
within these two facilities. The animal care facilities, equipment, and program are
accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal
Care (AAALAC) International.
Our objective is to maintain a fully accredited animal care program that supports
teaching, research, and service.
The use of laboratory animals in teaching and research is a fundamental necessity
of continued progress in the biomedical sciences. Such use of animals constitutes
a special privilege to the scientific community. Therefore, it is incumbent upon each
investigator and every member of their staff to fulfill all ethical as well as legal
responsibilities. Therein lies much of the hope for continued medical progress for
the benefit of animals as well as humanity.
DLAM