Animal Resource Center

1.共享资源的描述 动物资源中心（ARC）提供全面的，集中的动物护理计划，以支持 圣裘德儿童研究医院的实验动物研究。ARC支持56项研究 癌症中心的成员在五个方案，提供专门的住房和动物护理，诊断 服务、法规遵从性、啮齿动物繁殖群管理、冷冻保存服务、培训，以及 与实验动物医学和科学相关的专业兽医服务。 动物保护区提供鼠障设施，以饲养无特定病原体（SPF）的啮齿动物，并控制 实验室与有害物质的工作，以支持癌症生物学研究。ARC的服务 共享资源对于所有需要专门住房的癌症中心研究人员的成功至关重要 和动物研究技术服务，以满足其研究计划的目标。 圣裘德的动物护理计划得到了评估协会的完全认可， 国际实验动物护理认证。上一次核证地点访问是在8月进行的。 2006年3月至4日。圣裘德在美国农业部注册（63-R-0007）为研究机构， 在实验动物福利办公室存档了保证声明（保证编号A3077-01）， 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.