RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMAL RESOURCES

此应用程序请求为三个项目提供共享财务支持，地址为 约翰霍普金斯医疗机构。其中有两个项目是相关的 因为它们涉及翻新和改善 研究所的研究农场；其中包括翻新设施 住宿机构恒河猴繁殖群体提供了长期的 狗收容所(11号楼)。这些改进是必要的，以 纠正因超过15年的使用而造成的损坏 妨碍遵守美国农业部《动物福利法》的缺陷和 国土安全部的政策。此外，这座建筑的暖通空调机组，以及 另一个多用途单位，12号楼，用作狗只处理/ 长期的养狗/养猪设施将被 高能效热泵。此时更换这些部件将 防止因突发事件而导致的未来可能出现的问题， 老化和低效设备的意外故障。第三个项目 旨在改善和提升动物的握持能力 医学院基础科学综合大楼的设施通过 安装一个足够大的高压灭菌器来处理大量的 用于存放转基因和无抗体病毒的微型隔离笼 啮齿动物。最近由机构出资对该住宅区进行的改善 提供现代化和高效的笼子清洗能力和宿舍 专为隔离无特定病原体的动物和裸体动物而设计。 然而，该地区缺乏高效和高效的中央高压灭菌器 适当的操作。

This application requests shared financial support for three projects at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Two of these projects are related in that they concern renovation and improvements to buildings at the institution's Research Farm; these include refurbishing of the facility housing the institutional rhesus monkey breeding colony provides long-term housing for dogs (Building 11). These improvements are necessary to correct the damages caused by over fifteen years of use which have created deficiencies which hinder compliance with the USDA Animal Welfare Act and DHHS policies. Additionally the HVAC units for this building, and for another multipurpose unit, Building 12, which serves as the dog processing/ long-term dog holding/ and swine rearing facility will be replaced with energy efficient heat pumps. Replacement of these units at this time will prevent possible future problems which would result from the sudden, unexpected failure of aging and inefficient equipment. The third project is designed to improve and upgrade capabilities of the animal holding facilities for the School of Medicine Basic Science complex through the installation of an autoclave of sufficient size to process large numbers of microisolator cages for the housing of transgenic and virus antibody free rodents. Recent institutionally funded improvements to this housing area have provided modern and efficient cage-washing capabilities and quarters designed for isolation housing of specific pathogen free and nude animals. However, the area lacks a central autoclave needed for its efficient and appropriate operation.