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研究中心)、文学与科学学院(哈洛生物心理学中心，布罗登大厅)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持着非人类灵长类动物的群体。尽管巴丁医学实验室和临床科学中心的非人类灵长类动物得到了极好的照顾，但它们所在的设施不利于支持复杂的研究项目。2008年10月，威斯康星州国家灵长类研究中心将在跨学科研究综合体中占据一个间隔室，可容纳296名美国农业部第3组或第4组非人类灵长类动物。这个3万平方英尺。英国《金融时报》间隔区将由动物容纳空间、临床程序空间和实验程序空间组成。该设施还将配备两个两张桌子的手术套房，并将紧挨着一个最先进的成像设施。这个新的设施是 部分由WNPRC通过C06机制获得的资金建造。将在新的隔间使用的非人类灵长类笼子的一部分将使用C06基金购买，额外的笼子将从目前由医学院拥有的现有库存中捐赠。然而，为了完全装备新的隔膜，将不得不获得额外的资金。这项赠款提案的简单而具体的目的是获得资金，为新的隔膜购买50个四室的非人类灵长类笼子。

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.