The LARIF allows users to benefit from a wide range of expertise in farm animal production, health and welfare - including infectious diseases and zoonoses, vaccines, genetics and genome editing, imaging, radiology, medicine, surgery and critical care.
The LARIF has a range of imaging resources for the study of large animals.
An isolation suite for studying infectious diseases in animals.
The LARIF has two operating theatres for surgery and general anaesthesia of large animals.
Facilities for genetic modification of livestock.
The LARIF Critical Care Unit specialises in prolonged anaesthesia and intensive care.
Use of animals in research
For more information about the use of animals in research at the University of Edinburgh, please visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/research/animal-research