Innovative nonhuman primate caging for the ONPRC to refine U42 colony management in support of HIV/AIDS research

项目总结 俄勒冈州国家灵长类研究中心(ONPRC)的U42 SPF4赠款有助于支持一项高度 富有成效的艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究计划。赠款资金大幅增加，需要更大的群体 规模使该中心的资源紧张，特别是繁殖群体所需的空间和笼子 管理和扩张。因此，正在请求额外的笼子来支持这项研究 在新的博斯基大厦提供最佳的住房，增加动物福利。博斯基大厦， 2023年初上线，将在三个关键方面加强U42支持的艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究：1) 通过允许在中形成额外的种子组，允许更动态的种子组管理 及时；2)在艾滋病毒/艾滋病研究之前，为动物适应室内住所提供空间 任务；以及3)腾出空间，用于U42支持的其他建筑中的研究，这些建筑到目前为止一直是 动物不在研究方案中。ONPRC非常需要新的，更新的笼子，以允许完全 博斯基大楼的利用。六个一对一社交架子(总共12个笼子)和一个移动式 将购买垂直隧道用于博斯基大楼，以完成U42殖民地的关键指标 讨论了支持问题。

PROJECT SUMMARY The U42 SPF4 grant at the Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC) helps to support a highly productive HIV/AIDS research program. Significant increases in grant funding and the need for larger group sizes have strained the Center’s resources, particularly space and caging necessary for breeding colony management and expansion. Therefore, additional caging is being requested to support this research by providing optimal housing that increases animal welfare in the new Bosky Building. The Bosky Building, brought online in early 2023, will enhance U42 supported HIV/AIDS research in three key ways, it will: 1) allow for more dynamic breeding group management by allowing formation of additional breeding groups in a timely manner; 2) provide space for animal acclimation to indoor housing prior to HIV/AIDS research assignment; and 3) free up space for U42 supported research in other buildings that until now has housed animals not on research protocols .The ONPRC is in significant need of new, updated caging to allow full utilization of the Bosky Building. Six one-over-one Socialization Racks (12 cages total) and one mobile vertical tunnel will be purchased for use in the Bosky Building to accomplish the key metrics for U42 colony support discussed.