This page is an English summary of the Turkish page Hakkımızda. If the two versions differ, the Turkish text prevails.
MUDEM (Deney Hayvanları Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi, Research and Application Centre for Experimental Animals) is a research and application centre of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (MSKÜ). It is located on the campus of the Milas Faculty of Veterinary Science and has 650 m² of indoor space. MUDEM supports researchers who use experimental animals for scientific research and education: it supplies animals, houses and cares for them, and provides the procedures listed in its fee schedule. It is open to researchers from MSKÜ and from other institutions who meet the requirements.
What we do
Under the MUDEM Regulation (Article 5), the aims and activities of the Centre include:
- producing experimental animals to scientific standards and caring for them, for the University's education and research;
- providing hygienic housing and care areas that meet international standards;
- providing laboratory facilities for basic and surgical procedures on experimental animals;
- ensuring that research and procedures are carried out in accordance with ethical rules;
- enabling researchers from other institutions to carry out experiments at the Centre;
- when needed, obtaining animals that cannot be produced at the Centre from authorised breeders in accordance with the legislation, and caring for them.
Animals and facilities
Our work permit covers mice, rats and rabbits. The animals listed in our fee schedule are mice (BALB/c), rats (Wistar, Lewis) and rabbits.
- Administrative floor: MUDEM-HADYEK office and archive, seminar and meeting rooms, offices of the responsible veterinarian and the management, secretariat.
- Procedures floor: operating and minor procedure rooms, pre- and post-operative rooms, general laboratories.
- Breeding floor: rat, mouse and rabbit breeding rooms and a feed store.
All indoor areas where animals are bred and housed have digital temperature and humidity displays, automatic programmable ventilation and temperature control equipment, and adjustable lighting.
Official permits
- Establishment permit: Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 15.10.2019.
- Work permit: 04.06.2020; covers the breeding, supply and use of mice, rats and rabbits. Work permit (PDF in Turkish, 474 KB)
MUDEM, MUDEM-HADYEK and the Animal Welfare Unit
- MUDEM-HADYEK (Hayvan Deneyleri Yerel Etik Kurulu, Local Ethics Committee for Animal Experiments) reviews and approves, on ethical grounds, studies involving experimental animals at the University. Every study carried out at MUDEM first needs the committee's approval. The committee's office and archive are on the Centre's administrative floor. Committee page (Turkish)
- The Animal Welfare Unit (Hayvan Refahı Birimi) is responsible for the welfare and care of the animals. Its members include the responsible veterinarian and faculty members who serve on the ethics committee. Our welfare principles (Turkish): Refah ve 3R Yaklaşımımız
Management
The governing bodies of the Centre are the Director, the Executive Board and the Advisory Board (MUDEM Regulation, Article 6). Executive Board (Turkish) · Contact and Location
Sources: MUDEM Regulation; establishment and work permits issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry; MUDEM-HADYEK Directive. Last updated: October 2026.