IMPROVEMENT OF ANIMAL RESOURCES FOR ANIMAL CARE

长期目标是为蒙大拿州的研究人员提供 拥有优越的动物护理和使用环境的州立大学 这是对正在进行的计划的支持并有助于 继续扩大生物医学和农业研究 需要有明确定义的实验动物。 最近的拨款要求使用动物模型来资助 与胎儿酒精综合征、糖尿病、 肿瘤转移机制、骨化病、组织 脊椎反射和各种动物、植物的研究 和人类病原体。 这项建议的具体目的是提高工作效率 笼子和瓶子在动物体内的卫生和准备 资源中心(ARC)通过购买和安装 隧道洗衣机/烘干机和床上用品分配器及进一步发展 ARC通过以下方式提供集中的动物利用 提供生物遏制和层流气罩和气体 麻醉设备内使用的这种集中式小型 实验动物设施。

The long-term objectives are to provide researchers at Montana State University with a superior animal care and use environment that is supportive of ongoing programs and conductive to the continued expansion of biomedical and agricultural research requiring well-defined laboratory animals. Recent grant awards require the use of animal models for funded research relating to the fetal alcohol syndrome, diabetes, mechanisms of tumor metastasis, osteopetrosis, the organization of spinal reflexes and a variety of studies involving animal, plant and human pathogens. The specific aims of this proposal are to improve the efficiency of cage and bottle sanitation and preparation within the Animal Resources Center (ARC) by the purchase and installation of a tunnel washer/dryer and bedding dispenser and to further develop the ARC to accommodate centralized animal utilization by providing biocontainment and laminar flow hoods and gas anesthesia equipment for use within this centralized small laboratory animal facility.