Building K2 Cage Wash Facility Renovation

描述(由申请人提供)：该项目将翻新加州大学戴维斯分校(UC Davis)最关键的笼式洗涤设施，更换已有34年历史的隧道式笼式洗涤器，并购买和安装目前不存在的冷却-通风系统。K2大楼是一个露天设计，没有卫生、防害虫的环境。在购买的设备安装完毕后，学校将完成翻新，完全封闭干净的一面。这个独立的核心设施由实验动物科学中心(CLAS)运营，为12个校园动物设施和另外两个处于规划阶段的设施提供笼子清洗服务。这些设施中的动物被用于90个项目，总直接奖励金额为120,244,000美元，其中84,620,000美元是由NIH资助的。总共代表加州大学戴维斯分校医学院、生物科学学院、兽医学院、文学与科学学院：社会科学学院、农业与环境科学学院以及生物技术计划的42名首席研究员(PI)。另外21个项目将在2008年9月1日后动工，总金额为25,274,000美元。应用程序中描述的升级将极大地提高可靠性，提高效率，最重要的是提供高水平的笼子卫生。为了确保校园实验动物群体的健康，该项目是必要的。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project will renovate the most critical University of California Davis (UC Davis) cage wash facility by replacing a 34 year old tunnel-style cage washer and also by purchasing and installing a cooling-ventilation system which currently does not exist. The K2 building is an open-air design that does not have a sanitary, vermin-proof environment. After the equipment purchased is installed, the university will complete renovations to completely enclose the clean side. This stand-alone core facility operated by the Center for Laboratory Animal Science (CLAS) provides cage washing services for 12 campus animal facilities and for two more facilities that are in the planning stage. Animals in these facilities are used on 90 projects that have a total direct award amount of $120,244,000, of which $84,620,000 is NIH-funded. The total represents 42 Principal Investigators (PIs) in the UC Davis School of Medicine, College of Biological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Letters and Science: Social Sciences, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and the Biotechnology Program. Twenty-one additional projects which total $25,274,000 will start after September 1, 2008. The upgrades described in the application will dramatically increase reliability, improve efficiency, and most importantly provide a high level of cage sanitation. This project is necessary to ensure the health of campus laboratory animal colonies.