EQUIPMENT REQUEST-CAGE BEDDING & PRIMATE CAGES

这项动物资源改良提案的目的是让 大学继续取得AAALAC认证的进展。这项建议 解决继续提高动物护理水平所需的下一个项目 计划，因为我们正在走向认证。 实验动物画家中心，建于1981年，是 科罗拉多州立大学的动物设施，有一个中央笼子洗涤器 配备机架和笼式洗衣机、HEPA过滤床上用品倾倒站 和装有水瓶灌装器和床上用品的隧道洗涤器 自动售货机。作为一个中央设施，笼子清洗设备已经收到 在过去的十年里大量使用。尽管保养得很好，但大量使用 和年龄已经造成了损失，一些设备已经无法修复，必须 被取代。这台床上用品自动售货机需要每月修理一次才能保存下来。 由于年代久远，操作和一些部件很难订购。这个 床上用品倾倒站无法运行，必须更换，因为我们 必须保护人员免受气雾剂(即动物过敏原)的侵袭 对他们的健康有潜在的危害。机架和笼子的控制装置 洗衣机已停产，Girton，Inc.已通知我们 更换部件有限或根本不存在。他们建议老一辈 控制被新的微处理器控制所取代。 非人灵长类动物被长期安置在画家中心 免疫缺陷病毒(SIV)疫苗及其致病机理研究。这些研究 将在未来继续并扩大。我们的笼子是15-20年 旧的，是为个人住房设计的，笼子太小了，不能 法律允许配对安置3公斤以上的动物。他们提供了 提供环境丰富和/或社会服务的机会有限 根据《动物福利法》(AWA)的要求进行互动。新笼子必须是 按照AWA的要求，到1994年分阶段实施。 具体目标1：通过以下方式更新中央笼子清洗相关设备 购买和安装床上用品分配器、HEPA过滤床上用品 处理单元，以及机架和笼式垫圈的微处理器控制。 具体目标2：为非人类灵长类动物购买多功能笼子 对于单人或双人住房，以及购买集体住房/锻炼笼子， 既要符合修订后的动物福利法的要求，又要促进 心理健康=生存和环境丰富。

The intent of this animal resource improvement proposal is to allow the University to continue progress toward AAALAC accreditation. This proposal addresses the next project required to continue to upgrade the animal care program as we move towards accreditation. The Painter Center for Laboratory Animals, built in 1981 as the central animal facility for Colorado State University, has a central cage wash facility with rack and cage washer, a HEPA filtered bedding dump station and a tunnel washer fitted with a water bottle filler and a bedding dispenser. As a central facility the cage wash equipment has received heavy use over the last decade. In spite of good maintenance, heavy use and age have taken their toll and some equipment is beyond repair and must be replaced. The bedding dispenser requires monthly repair just to keep it operating and some parts are difficult to order because of the age. The bedding dump station is not operational and must be replaced because we must protect personnel from aerosols (i.e. animal allergens) that are potentially hazardous to their health. The controls for the rack and cage washer are no longer made and we have been notified by Girton, Inc. that replacement parts are limited or non-existent. They recommend that the old controls be replaced by new microprocessor controls. Non-human primates are housed in the Painter Center for long term Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) vaccine and pathogenesis studies. The studies will continue and expand in the future. The caging we have is 15-20 years old, is designed for individual housing and the cages are too small to legally allow paired housing of more than 3 kg animals. They provide limited opportunity to provide environmental enrichment and/or social interaction as required by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). New cages must be phased in by 1994 as required by the AWA. Specific Aim #1: To update the central cage wash related equipment by purchasing and installing a bedding dispenser unit, a HEPA filtered bedding disposal unit, and microprocessor controls for the rack and cage washer. Specific Aim #2: To purchase cages for non-human primates with versatility for single or pair housing, and to purchase group housing/exercise cages, both to meet the requirements of the revised Animal Welfare Act to promote psychological well=being and environmental enrichment.