Partial Support for the Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Academy of Sciences

实验动物资源研究所（ILAR）是国家科学院的一个组成部分。该研究所的主要目标是提供有助于提高实验动物的可用性、质量、护理以及人道和科学有效使用的信息。更具体地说，ILAR负责制定和提供动物护理、使用和繁殖准则；描述人类疾病和生理过程的动物模型；提供商业和非商业种群的原始数据；并对动物设施和资源进行调查。在其35年的历史中，ILAR已成为世界范围内实验动物领域的重要咨询小组。该项目将在今后三年为该研究所提供部分资金。这些资金将部分用于支持动物模型和遗传资源信息交流计划、ILAR新闻的出版、由动物护理领域著名专家组成的两个常设委员会（ILAR理事会和动物模型和遗传资源委员会）的会议以及研究所的其他一般业务费用。

The Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR) is a component of the National Academy of Sciences. The Institute's major goal is to provide information that will help to improve the availability, quality, care, and humane and scientifically valid use of laboratory animals. More specifically, ILAR is responsible for developing and making available guidelines for animal care, use and breeding; for describing animal models for human diseases and physiological processes; for providing source data on commercial and non-commercial stock colonies; and for conducting surveys of animal facilities and resources. During its 35-year history, ILAR has established itself worldwide as a key advisory group in the labotory animal field. This project will provide partial funding for ILAR for the next three years. The funds will be used as partial support for the Animal Models and Genetic Stocks Information Exchange Program, for the publication of ILAR News, for the meetings of two standing committees (the ILAR Council and the Committee on Animal Models and Genetic Stocks) composed of noted experts in the field of animal care, and for other general operating expenses of the Institute.