Comparative Medicine Center Upgrade

描述（由申请人提供）：Salus大学，前身为宾夕法尼亚州验光学院（PCO），最初成立时是一个单一目的的教育机构，毕业于验光博士（OD）学位的眼科护理专业人员。PCO随后扩大了其在卫生专业教育领域的视野，增加了康复和听力学方面的临床培训课程，最近又增加了一个医生助理（PA）课程。Salus大学长期以来一直重视生物医学研究，并拥有1648平方米的教学楼。英尺动物园加上一个492平方米。隔离区，以支持其生物医学研究计划。下面的建议是关于设备，将实现该机构的两个主要目标。这些目标是通过购买和安装新的HVAC系统来取代当前老化的系统，以提高动物饲养场环境控制的质量，并通过购买和安装具有足够容量的专用应急发电机来确保动物饲养场环境控制的连续性，以操作HVAC和其他关键饲养和程序要求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Salus University, formerly the Pennsylvania College of Optometry (PCO), was originally established as a single purpose educational institution graduating eye care professionals with the Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree. PCO then expanded its horizons within health professions education, by the addition of clinical training programs in rehabilitation and audiology and, most recently adding a physician's assistant's (PA) program. Salus University has a long-standing emphasis in biomedical research, and maintains a1648 sq. ft. vivarium plus a 492 sq. ft, quarantine area in support of its biomedical research program. The following proposal is for equipment that would accomplish two major goals of the institution. These goals are to improve the quality of the environmental control of the vivarium by purchasing and installing a new HVAC system to replace the current aging system and also assure the continuity of the environmental control of the vivarium by purchasing and installing a dedicated emergency power generator of sufficient capacity to operate the HVAC and other critical husbandry and program requirements.