Animal Resource Center

1.共享资源的描述 动物资源中心(ARC)提供全面、集中的动物护理计划，以支持 圣犹大儿童研究医院的实验动物研究。ARC支持56项研究 癌症中心成员在五个项目中通过提供专门的住房和动物护理、诊断 服务、法规遵从性、啮齿动物繁殖群体管理、超低温保存服务、培训和 与实验动物医学和科学相关的专业兽医服务。 ARC提供啮齿动物屏障设施，以保持特定的无病原体(SPF)啮齿动物和遏制 支持癌症生物学研究的使用危险物质的实验室。ARC的服务 共享资源是所有需要专门住房的癌症中心研究人员成功的关键 和动物研究技术服务，以满足其研究计划的目标。 圣犹大的动物护理计划得到了评估和评估协会的完全认可 国际实验动物护理认证。最后一次认证现场访问是在8月进行的 2006年3月4日。圣犹大在美国农业部(63-R-0007)注册为研究机构， 有保证声明(保证编号A3077-01)向实验动物福利办公室备案，地址为 美国国立卫生研究院。

1. Description of the Shared Resource The Animal Resources Center (ARC) provides a comprehensive, centralized animal care program in support of laboratory animal research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The ARC supports the research of 56 Cancer Center members in five programs by providing specialized housing and animal care, diagnostic services, regulatory compliance, rodent breeding colony management, cryopreservation services, training, and professional veterinary services related to laboratory animal medicine and science. ARC provides rodent barrier facilities for maintaining specific pathogen-free (SPF) rodents and containment laboratories for work with hazardous agents in support of cancer biology research. The services of the ARC Shared Resource are crucial to the success of all Cancer Center investigators who need specialized housing and animal research technical services to meet the objectives of their research programs. The animal care program at St. Jude is fully accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International. The last accreditation site visit was conducted August 3-4, 2006. St. Jude is registered with the U.S Department of Agriculture (63-R-0007) as a research facility and has an assurance statement (Assurance No. A3077-01) on file with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare at the NIH.