Developing And Improving Institutional Animal Resources

开发和改善机构动物资源

• 批准号: 7250559
• 负责人: Yves A DeClerck
• 金额: $ 58.48万
• 依托单位: CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-05-15 至 2009-05-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7250559
• 关键词: Air; Animal Housing; Animal Welfare; Arts; Endowment; Equipment; Extramural Activities; Faculty; Funding; Goals; Growth; Home environment; Hospitals; Housing; Laboratory Animals; Los Angeles; Maintenance; Particulate; Policies; Population; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Activity; Research Institute; Research Personnel; Rodent; Standards of Weights and Measures; System; Time; United States National Institutes of Health; air filter; animal care; animal facility; animal resource; experience; improved; research facility

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Over the past seven years, The Saban Research Institute (TSRI) of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has experienced a substantial growth at multiple levels. Research faculty recruitment has increased by 146percent, extramural funding for research has almost doubled, NIH funding has more than doubled, endowments have increased by 250%, and space has increased by 160% with the completion in June 2003of a new research facility, the Saban Research building that is home of a new state-of-the-art animal care facility (ACF). As a result, the population of rodents in the ACF has doubled over the last 3 years. The facility is equipped with the most modern equipment in small rodent husbandry including ventilated high-efficiency-particulate-air (HEPA) filtered rodent housing systems and their accessories. By the end of the year 2006, the facility will be equipped with 4,920 cages (equivalent to 12,220 rodents), and could accommodate a total of 6,460 cages (16,070 rodents) with the purchase of additional caging systems (racks). The goal of this application is to insure that as TSRI continues to expand its research activities, its ACF is simultaneously upgraded to meet the increased demand for animal housing from current investigators and investigators to be recruited. This will be achieved through the purchase of 19 individually ventilated caging systems over the next 3 years to handle additional 1,830 cages to have 3,850 additional rodents and provide swing racks for maintenance and cleaning. This will also insure that the ACF continues to provide the highest standard in animal care in full compliance with the USDA Animal Welfare Act and PHS policies in regard to animal facilities. Specific aim: The aim of this proposal is to increase the capacity of our ACF to allow the housing of 12,220 rodents by the purchase of 19 HEPA-filtered, ventilated rodent housing unit systems and accessories.

描述(由申请人提供)： 在过去的七年里，洛杉矶儿童医院(CHLA)的萨班研究所(TSRI)在多个层面上经历了大幅增长。研究人员招聘增加了146%，研究的外部资金几乎翻了一番，NIH的资金增加了一倍多，捐赠资金增加了250%，空间增加了160%，新的研究设施--萨班研究大楼--是一个新的最先进的动物护理设施(ACF)的所在地。结果，在过去的三年里，ACF的啮齿动物数量翻了一番。该设施配备了小型啮齿动物饲养中最先进的设备，包括通风高效颗粒物空气(HEPA)过滤啮齿动物住房系统及其附件。到2006年底，该设施将配备4920个笼子(相当于12220只啮齿动物)，如果购买额外的笼子系统(架)，总共可容纳6460个笼子(16070只啮齿动物)。这项申请的目标是确保随着TSRI继续扩大其研究活动，其ACF同时进行升级，以满足现有研究人员和即将招聘的研究人员对动物收容所日益增长的需求。我们会在未来三年购置19个独立通风笼笼系统，以处理额外的1,830个笼笼，以增加3,850只啮齿动物，并提供摆动架以进行保养和清洁。这也将确保ACF继续在动物护理方面提供最高标准，完全符合美国农业部动物福利法和关于动物设施的PHS政策。 具体目的：这项建议的目的是通过购买19个经过HEPA过滤、通风的啮齿动物住房单元系统和附件，增加我们的ACF的能力，以容纳12,220只啮齿动物。