ANIMAL RESOURCES IMPROVEMENT

这项提案要求提供支持，以部分资助改善 俄亥俄大学动物资源计划。俄亥俄大学致力于 根据美国国立卫生研究院的指导方针维持动物护理标准 如《保护和使用实验动物指南》所列，以及 其动物设施获得AAALAC认证。部分资助 为实现这一目标请拨下列物品：1.)添加 向心理单位发出警告，让该单位满足 第n版《保护和使用实验动物指南》的建议 并允许更多地使用该设施，2.)安装了一台 标准化、全校范围的动物设施安全系统 确保实验动物、工作人员和研究人员的安全 进行，3.)更换不合标准的焚化炉，以方便 根据美国环保局和美国国立卫生研究院对生物有害物质的处理 标准，部分资金用于购买新的鸡笼以取代 目前使用的笼子严重变质，因此将这一部分 遵守NIH和美国农业部的指导方针，以及5.)资金用于 动物园内几个房间的翻新改造 变成可使用的动物收容空间也是要求的。

This proposal requests support to partially fund improvements for the Animal Resources Program at Ohio University. Ohio University is dedicated to maintaining standards of animal care in accordance with NIH guidelines as listed in the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and to achieving AAALAC accreditation for its animal facilities. Partial funding for the following items is requested in pursuit of that goal: 1.) Addition of a cagewasher to the Psychology unit to allow that unit to meet the recommendations of the NTH Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals and to allow greater use of that facility, 2.) The installation of a standardized, campus wide security system for the animal facilities to insure the safety of laboratory animals, employees and research being conducted, 3.) Replacement of a substandard incinerator to facilitate handling of biohazardous materials in accordance with EPA and NIH standards, Partial funding for purchase of new avian caging to replace badly deteriorated caging currently in use and therefore bring this section into compliance with NIH and USDA guidelines, and 5.) Funding for renovation of several rooms in the Zoology Animal Facility to convert them into usable animal holding space is also requested.