ANIMAL FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR SMALL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

1984年，爱达荷州州立大学被指定为 国家在健康和医疗相关事项。 了这一新机构 的角色和使命，极大地改变了研究的重点， 在过去的几年里，大学致力于 大量资金支持新的教师和计划扩展在 艺术与科学学院、健康相关专业学院和 药学院。 此外，爱达荷州（州议会） 教育）成立了高等教育研究理事会， 开始为个别教职员工和研究提供研究支持 每年的中心。 上述努力的结果， 在爱达荷州的一项研究表明，爱达荷州州立大学 在过去的几年里。 研究补助金提案增加了 在这段时间里，教师的研究项目和 研究生培训项目预计将在未来大幅增长 随着新的调查员的建立。 由于上述对卓越和增长的承诺， 研究活动，爱达荷州州立大学动物设施也 经历了相当大的增长，并在整体中发挥越来越大的作用， 大学的研究图片。 I.动物福利委员会 (the相当于美国农业部IACUC）在改善 动物护理和使用政策并提高对 动物设施的重要性， 大力加强体制支持。 提交以来 这个提议的前一个版本，I.S.U.动物设施已实现 经过AAALAC的全面认证，建造了一个无菌手术室， 第二阶段的机构支持的改善也即将到来 建成 然而，尽管最近有许多改进，I.S.U. 动物设施在其主要资源区缺乏笼子清洗系统， 生命科学综合体 这个建议是一个单一的现代笼子 清洗系统可充分补充最近的翻修并提供自动化 在符合AAALAC标准的质量水平下清洗笼。

In 1984 Idaho State University was designated as the lead institution of the state in Health and Medically Related matters. This new institutional role and mission has dramatically changed the research emphasis of the University during the past few years and the University has committed significant funding in support of new faculty and program expansion in the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Health Related Professions and the College of Pharmacy. In addition, the State of Idaho (State Board of Education) established a Higher Education Research Council (HERC) that has begun providing research support to individual faculty members and research centers on a yearly basis. The results of the above efforts to stimulate research in the state of Idaho have evident at Idaho State University during the past few years. Research grant proposals have increased considerably during this period of time and faculty research projects and graduate training programs are expected to grow significantly in the future as new investigators become established. As a consequence of the above commitment to excellence and growth in research activities, the Idaho State University Animal Facility has also experienced considerable growth and an increasing role in the overall research picture of the University. The I.S.U. Animal Welfare Committee (the equivalent of the USDA IACUC) has been highly successful at improving animal care and use policy at I.S.U. and increasing the awareness of the administration as to the importance of the Animal Facility to the degree of significantly enhancing institutional support. Since the submission of the previous version of this proposal, the I.S.U. Animal Facility has achieved full accreditation by AAALAC, a sterile surgery suite has been constructed, and a second phase of institutionally-supported improvements are nearing completion. However, despite the many recent improvements, the I.S.U. Animal Facility lacks a cage washing system in its main resources area in the Life Sciences Complex. This proposal is for a single modern cage washing system to fully complement recent renovations and provide automated cage washing at a level of quality consistent with AAALAC standards.