Animal Core

WNPRC的动物服务部门雇用了训练有素的兽医工作人员;兽医 技术人员、兽医病理学家、研究技术人员、富集技术人员和动物护理 专业人这些人提供必要的医疗保健、日常饲养， 为近1500名NHP人口提供环境富集，并为95%以上的NHP人口提供研究支持 地方、地区、国家和国际的科学家将为拟议中的艾滋病病毒研究和发展计划编写动物核心 非人类灵长类动物实验该核心的六个目标如下： 1)提供健康的、具有遗传特征的恒河猴， 这个应用程序。 2)提供现代化的、设备齐全的实验设施， 本申请中概述的饲养、临床、实验和尸检程序。 3)提供必要的畜牧、兽医和技术援助， 维持本项目中使用的SIV感染动物。 4)为了确保遵守所有大学和联邦法规关于使用NHP在 生物医学研究 5)提供维持心理健康所需的特殊环境， 将用于拟议项目的SIV感染猕猴的健康状况。 6)从实验动物中获得高质量的生物样品，以实现以下目标： 个别项目。

The Animal Services Division of the WNPRC employs a fully trained staff of veterinarians; veterinary technicians, veterinary pathologists, research technicians, enrichment technicians, and animal care technicians. These individuals, who provide the necessary medical care, daily husbandry, and environmental enrichment for a NHP population of almost 1500 and research support for greater than 95 local, regional, national, and international scientists will compose the Animal Core for the proposed HIVRAD nonhuman primate experiments. The six aims of this Core will be as follows: 1) To provide healthy, genetically characterized rhesus macaques for the projects outlined in this application. 2) To provide contemporary, well-equipped experimental facilities for the performance of the husbandry, clinical, experimental, and necropsy procedures outlined in this application. 3) To provide expert husbandry, veterinary, and technical assistance necessary to support and maintain the SIV infected animals utilized on this project. 4) To ensure compliance with all university and federal regulations regarding the use of NHP in biomedical research. 5) To provide the specialized environmental enrichment needed to maintain the psychological well being of the SIV infected macaques that will be utilized in the proposed projects. 6) To obtain quality biological samples from the experimental animals to fulfill the objectives of the individual projects.