EQUIPMENT REQUEST-CAGE BEDDING & PRIMATE CAGES

设备请求-笼内垫料

• 批准号: 3059281
• 负责人: DONALD H MAUL
• 金额: $ 5.42万
• 依托单位: COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-30 至 1994-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3059281
• 关键词: animal care; biomedical facility; building /facility design /renovation

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.

该动物资源改善提案的目的是让 大学继续在 AAALAC 认证方面取得进展。 这个提议 解决继续升级动物护理所需的下一个项目 当我们走向认证时的计划。 1981年建成的画家实验动物中心 科罗拉多州立大学的动物设施，有一个中央笼子清洗装置 配备机架和笼式清洗机、HEPA 过滤床上用品倾倒站的设施 以及配有水瓶灌装机和床上用品的隧道式洗衣机 自动售货机。 作为中心设施，笼式清洗设备已收到 过去十年大量使用。 尽管维护良好，但大量使用 年久失修，一些设备无法修复，必须 被替换。 床上用品分配器需要每月维修才能保持其状态 由于年代久远，操作和某些零件很难订购。 这 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溶胶（即动物过敏原）的侵害 对他们的健康有潜在危害。 机架和保持架的控制装置 垫圈不再生产，Girton, Inc. 已通知我们 更换零件有限或不存在。 他们建议老 控制被新的微处理器控制所取代。 非人类灵长类动物被安置在画家中心长期饲养猿猴 免疫缺陷病毒（SIV）疫苗和发病机制研究。 研究 未来将持续并扩大。 我们的笼子期限是15-20年 旧的，是为单独的住房设计的，笼子太小，无法容纳 法律允许配对饲养 3 公斤以上的动物。 他们提供 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 按照 AWA 的要求，于 1994 年分阶段实施。 具体目标#1：更新中央笼清洗相关设备 购买并安装床上用品分配器、HEPA 过滤床上用品 处理单元以及用于架式和笼式清洗机的微处理器控制。 具体目标#2：购买多功能的非人类灵长类动物笼子 对于单个或成对的住房，以及购买团体住房/运动笼， 两者均满足修订后的《动物福利法》的要求，以促进 心理健康=福祉和环境丰富。