INFRASTRUCTURE
The PPGCAT has infrastructure in different Departments of UFRPE, as well as other local and regional centers of excellence. PPGCAT also has the support of other Higher Education Centers and Research Institutes, such as the National Agriculture and Livestock Laboratory (LANAGRO) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA); Defense and Inspection Agency of the State of Pernambuco (ADAGRO); Instituto Agronômico de Pernambuco - IPA; EMBRAPA - Sobral - CE; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science of USP; UNESP of Botucatu and Jaboticabal, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, FIOCRUZ - RJ, Biological Institute of São Paulo; Immunopathology Laboratory Keizo Asami / Biotechnology Sector (LIKA) and Ageu Magalhães Laboratory (FIOCRUZ - PE).
LABORATORIES
PPGCAT has the following laboratories:
Central Research Laboratory of UFRPE - CENAPESQ
Laboratory of common use with the following main equipments: Chromatograph gaseous; Flame atomic absorption spectroscopy; High pressure liquid chromatograph (HPLC).
In addition to other multiuser devices that are in specific laboratories, such as ICP-OES Inductive Coupled Plasma / Optical Emission Spectroscopy (Lab. Soil Microbiology - DEPA-UFRPE), Thermocycler - real time PCR (Virology Lab - DMV- UFRPE ), Flame photometer (Laboratory of Nutrition of DZ - UFRPE).
Laboratory of Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases of Ruminants - LDNMR (Department of Veterinary Medicine - UFRPE)
Main equipment: Spectrophotometer with UV strip, Kjelhahl digestion block, gas exhaust hood, plus centrifuge, bath-water, analytical balance, vortex stirrer, refrigerator and freezer.
This laboratory maintains a partnership with the Laboratory of Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases of FMVZ - USP.
Laboratory of Bacterioses - LB (Department of Veterinary Medicine - UFRPE)
Main equipment: Termoshake Certomat BST, laminar flow, optical microscopes, refrigerator, freezer, centrifuge, drying oven, bacteriological stove, balance, biosafety booth, water bath, microwave, vortex stirrer, thermocycler, electrophoresis cell, translucent, photodocumentator.
Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases - LDP (Department of Veterinary Medicine - UFRPE)
Main equipment: Plate and tube agitator, analytical balance, biological safety booth, centrifuge, water distiller, refrigerator, horizontal and vertical freezer, stove, ELISA reader, stereomicroscope loupes, microcentrifuge, optical microscopes, immunofluorescence microscope, spectrophotometer, Thermocycler, ultrafreezer, water bath, microwave oven, vortex stirrer, electrophoresis cell, translucent, photodocumentator, BOD greenhouse.
Andrology Laboratory - ANDROLAB (Department of Veterinary Medicine - UFRPE)
Main equipment: Ultrasonography device, laparoscope, precision scale, heating plate, water bath, centrifuge, refrigerator, freezer, semen storage box, semen freezing machine, binocular microscope, phase contrast microscope, microscope Epifluorescence, stereomicroscope.
This laboratory maintains a partnership with the Laboratory of Semen Technology of the State University of Ceará, where it performs semen analysis by the computerized system of sperm analysis (CASA); With the Laboratory of Immunopathology Keizo Asami (LIKA) of the Federal University of Pernambuco, where he performs proteomic analysis of semen and with the Multi-user Laboratory of Microscopy and Microanalysis of CETENE, where he performs ultrastructural analysis of spermatozoa.
Laboratory of Applied Molecular Animal Physiology - FAMA (Department of Morphology and Animal Physiology - UFRPE)
Main equipment: Photodocumentation system, vertical / mini electrophoresis system, vertical electrophoresis / sequencing system, 4.000V electrophoresis source, transilluminator, laminar flow chamber, thermocycler, analytical balance, drying oven, ice cube machine, spectrophotometer , Distiller / water deionizer, ice crusher, freezer, refrigerator, autoclave, ultra-freezer.
Laboratory of Histology (Department of Morphology and Animal Physiology - UFRPE)
Main equipment: Centrifuge, microhematocrit centrifuge, biochemical analyzer, histological bath, microtome for resin cutting based on glycolmethacrylate (Leica), microtome for paraffin cutting, sterilization and drying oven, vertical freezer, duplex refrigerator, magnetic stirrer , PH meter, refractometer, exhaust hood.
Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology - LAMIM (Department of Biology - UFRPE)
Main equipment: Autoclave, bacteriological stove, sample conditioning refrigerators, 01 -18C vertical freezer, fluorescence and optical telescopes, water bath, vortex, distiller, pH meter, stirrer / magnetic heater, two flow-laminar, centrifuge Of tubes 16 mm (7000 rpm), microcentrifuge 14000 g, microwave, analytical balance, Electrophoresis and source apparatus, Gilson adjustable volume pipettes. It also counts on the support of equipment of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology (of the same Department), namely: genetic sequencing apparatus, thermocycler, ultraviolet, among others.
Laboratory of Parasitology - LAPAR (Department of Biology - UFRPE)
Main equipment: analytical balance, exhaust hood, centrifuge, water distiller, refrigerator, vertical and horizontal freezer, stove, drying and sterilization oven, stereomicroscopes, stereomicroscope with light chamber, optical microscopes, phase contrast microscopes, microwave oven, Photodocumentador. In addition to these equipments, LAPAR has a scientific collection of parasites of domestic and wild animals.
Laboratory of Herpetological and Paleoherpetological Studies - LEHP (Department of Biology - UFRPE)
Main equipment: stereomicroscopes and photodocumentador. The LEHP has a scientific collection of live amphibians and reptiles and fossils.
Laboratory of Microscopy and Microanalysis - LAMM (CETENE)
Main equipment: FEI Tecnai G200KV transmission electron microscope; Electronic microscope Field Emission Environmental FEI Quanta 200 FEG, Leica UC6 ultramicrotome equipped with Leica MZ6 stereomicroscope, "Super Cool High Vac" sputtering, Critical Point apparatus, Baltec, Inverted Microscope Axio Observer Z1 Motorized, allows for field analysis, Phase and fluorescence. The electronic microscopes available in the LAMM allow the archiving and subsequent processing of images through a CCD camera, indispensable in the researches involving morphometric analyzes, besides accessory of the type EDS that allow the constitutive analysis in situ of the study material.
Carcinicultura Laboratory (Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture - UFRPE)
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology - (Federal University of the São Francisco Valley)
Main equipment: refrigerators and freezer, bacteriological stove, sterilization stove, BOD greenhouse, laminar flow chamber, serological bath, tube bath, shaker, autoclave, centrifuge, microcentrifuge, precision scale, thermocycler, source and trough for DNA electrophoresis , Source and tub of electrophoresis for proteins, transilluminator, tube agitator, magnetic stirrer, microscope, magnifying glass, distiller, spectrophotometer.
Institutional Site
With capacity for 400 animals, being in the moment using Ratus novergicus, variety Wistar, Swiss albino. Recently, the PRPPG and central administration of UFRPE signed a commitment of institutional budget allocation (R $ 4,000,000.00) for the design and construction of the new Institutional Animal Hospital with international standards for the creation and experimentation of certified rats and mice.