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）最关键的笼子清洗设施，更换一台已有34年历史的隧道式笼子清洗机，并购买并安装一个目前不存在的冷却通风系统。K2建筑是露天设计，没有卫生、防虫害的环境。购置的设备安装完毕后，学校将完成装修，使干净的一面完全封闭。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正在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，直接奖励总额为120,244,000美元，其中84,620,000美元由美国国立卫生研究院资助。总共有42名首席研究员（pi），分别来自加州大学戴维斯分校医学院、生物科学学院、兽医学院、文理学院：社会科学学院、农业与环境科学学院和生物技术项目。另外21个项目总额为25,274,000元，将于2008年9月1日后展开。应用程序中描述的升级将大大提高可靠性，提高效率，最重要的是提供高水平的笼子卫生。为了保证校园实验动物群落的健康，本项目是必要的。

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.