CONSOLIDATION OF PIERCE LABORATORY ANIMAL QUARTERS

要求提供资金以帮助翻修工作B。皮尔斯实验室 动物设施。 三个过时的动物收容室和一个食物 储藏室目前位于一条走廊上， 办公室和实验室设施，其中人类受试者进行测试。 目前配置不良的安排造成了双向的 问题在于我们的动物群体的微生物稳定性 当人类暴露于潜在的过敏原时， 和其他生物污染物。 我们建议重建这些 动物房在紧邻主皮尔斯的区域 实验动物设施，从而允许整个动物区 隔离并远离人类频繁使用的区域。 作为 部分翻新，新的独立供暖和空调 将安装新系统，以取代现有的陈旧系统 目前正在使用。 动物护理的效率将大大提高 通过这次翻新，动物环境的质量得到了提高， 将大大改善，并在工作人员的危险， 面积将相应减少。

Funds are requested to help renovate the Jobn B. Pierce Laboratory animal facilities. Three outmoded animal holding rooms and a food storage closet are presently located in a corridor containing both staff offices and laboratory facilities in which human subjects are tested. The present, poorly-configured arrangement creates a bidirectional problem in that the microbiological stability of our animal colonies is compromised while the human population is exposed to potential allergens and other biological contaminants. We propose to reconstruct these animal rooms in an area immediately adjacent to the primary Pierce Laboratory animal facility, thereby allowing the entire animal quarters to be isolated and secured away from areas heavily used by humans. As part of the renovation, new self-contained heating and air conditioning systems will be installed to replace existing but timeworn systems currently in use. The efficiency of animal care will be greatly enhanced by this renovation, the quality of the animals' environment will be substantially improved, and hazards to personnel working in the area will be correspondingly reduced.