Expanding Existing Nonhuman Primate Caging Inventories for the New WNPRC Vivarium

描述（由申请人提供）：威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校目前在由研究生院（威斯康星国家灵长类动物研究中心），文学与科学学院（哈洛生物心理学中心，布罗格登大厅）和医学与公共卫生学院（巴丁医学实验室，临床科学中心）管理的动物设施中维护着非人类灵长类动物的殖民地。尽管巴丁医学实验室和临床科学中心为非人灵长类动物提供了极好的护理，但它们所在的设施不利于支持复杂的研究项目。2008年10月，威斯康辛州国家灵长类动物研究中心将在跨学科研究综合大楼中占有一个能够容纳296只美国农业部第三组或第四组非人灵长类动物的动物舍。这3万平方英尺。动物饲养空间将由动物饲养空间、临床操作空间和实验操作空间组成。该设施还将配备2个双桌手术套房，并将紧挨着最先进的成像设施。这个新设施是

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of Wisconsin - Madison currently maintains colonies of nonhuman primates in animal facilities administered by the Graduate School (the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center), the College of Letters and Sciences (Harlow Center for Biological Psychology, Brogden Hall), and the School of Medicine and Public Health (Bardeen Medical Laboratory, Clinical Science Center). Despite the fact that the nonhuman primates housed at the Bardeen Medical Laboratory and the Clinical Science Center are provided excellent care, the facilities where they are held are not conducive to supporting sophisticated research programs. In October of 2008, the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center will occupy a vivarium in the Interdisciplinary Research Complex with the capacity to house 296 USDA Group 3 or Group 4 nonhuman primates. This 30,000 sq. ft. vivarium will consist of animal holding space, clinical procedure space, and experimental procedure space in close proximity. The facility will also be equipped with 2 two-table surgery suites and will be located immediately adjacent to a state-of-the-art imaging facility. This new facility was constructed in part with funds obtained by the WNPRC through the C06 mechanism. A portion of the nonhuman primate caging to be utilized in the new vivarium will be purchased using C06 funds and additional caging will be donated from existing inventory currently owned by the School of Medicine. However, to fully equip the new vivarium with caging, additional funding will have to be acquired. The simple and specific aim of this grant proposal is to obtain funding to purchase 50 four-compartment nonhuman primate cages for the new vivarium.