ANIMAL RESOURCES DIAGNOSTIC AND INVESTIGATIVE

该提案的具体目标是：1）开展和 扩大诊断实验室的服务， 健康评估、诊断和控制方案， 预防实验动物疾病; 2）开发和 采用新方法检测和预防疾病 干扰研究的实验动物; 3） 识别和描述动物的疾病， 人类疾病的潜在模型; 4）进行研究， 描述实验室感染性和非感染性疾病 动物，阐明发病机理，并制定适当的 治疗、控制和预防方法; 5）制定 完善动物疾病教材资源 比较医学和病理学。 我们的方法 实现这些目标包括改善我们的医疗保健， 诊断实验室支持计划和扩大研究 致力于比较医学和病理学。 最后， 我们的目标是提供全方位的动物护理， 为UTHSCD研究者提供健康、安全和有效的支持， 为他们的研究项目描述动物， 以促进稳定和良好的方式维护它们 存在。

The specific aims of this proposal are: 1) to conduct and expand the services of the diagnostic laboratory to support programs of health assessment, diagnosis and control and prevention of diseases of laboratory animals; 2) to develop and apply new methods for the detection and prevention of diseases of experimental animals which interfere with research; 3) to recognize and characterize diseases of animals which are potential models of human diseases; 4) to conduct research to characterize infectious and noninfectious diseases of laboratory animals, to elucidate pathogenesis, and to develop appropriate treatment, control and prevention methods; and 5) to develop and improve a resource of animal disease material for teaching comparative medicine and pathology. Our methods to accomplish these goals include improving our health care and diagnostic laboratory support programs and expanding research endeavors in comparative medicine and pathology. Ultimately, our purpose is to provide the total spectrum of animal care and support required to present UTHSCD investigators with healthy, characterized animals for their research programs and to maintain them in a manner that promotes stability and well being.