IMPROVEMENT OF ULAR FACILITIES

宾夕法尼亚大学最近创建了一个集中的 大学实验室动物资源（ULAR） 这个单位有整个校园的责任，照顾和使用 动物在教学，测试和研究，并直接回答 研究副教务长 大学提供中央 财政支持ULAR，并致力于专业 包括9名全职实验室动物医学人员 兽医和病理学家加上一名实验动物主任 一名管理员和一名财务协调员。 ULAR的主要目标包括： 1)统一实验动物管理和监督; 2)提供诊断支持，以确保动物健康， 疾病监测是适当的; 3)开发实验动物医学培训项目， 博士前和博士后水平; 4)为动物护理技术人员提供正规培训， 研究技术人员和研究调查员; 5)鼓励和启动基础和应用研究， 在大学里做实验动物医学。 认识到大学已经花费了超过4,691,000美元， 仅在过去的一年里，动物设施的翻新和新的 设备，有一个额外的目标，实现大学- 在未来3-5年内获得AALAC的广泛认可。 该提案的目标是升级几个动物设施， 兽医学院 设施翻新，两者 在费城校园和新博尔顿中心，将带来 这些结构完全符合指南，并提供 生物医学研究和教学的优秀资源， 大学

The University of Pennsylvania recently has created a centralized program titled University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR). This unit has campus-wide responsibilities for the care and use of animals in teaching, testing and research, and answers directly to the Vice Provost for Research. The University provides central financial support for ULAR and is committed to a professional staff including nine full time laboratory animal medicine veterinarians and pathologists plus a director of laboratory animal husbandry and a financial coordinator. Major goals for ULAR include: 1) to centralize laboratory animal management and supervision; 2) to provide diagnostic support to assure that animal health and disease surveillance is appropriate; 3) to develop training programs in laboratory animal medicine at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels; 4) to provide formal training for animal care technicians, research technicians and research investigators; 5) to stimulate and initiate basic and applied research in laboratory animal medicine at the University. Recognizing that the University has spent over $4,691,000 just this past year alone for animal facility renovations and new equipment, there is an additional goal of achieving University- wide AALAC accreditation within the next 3-5 years. The goal of this proposal is to upgrade several animal facilities in the School of Veterinary Medicine. The facility renovations, both at the Philadelphia campus and New Bolton Center, will bring these structures into full compliance with the Guide and provide an excellent resource for biomedical research and teaching at the University.