Expanding Existing Nonhuman Primate Caging Inventories for the New WNPRC Vivarium

描述（由申请人提供）：威斯康星州-麦迪逊大学目前在研究生院（威斯康星州国家灵长类动物研究中心）、文学与科学学院（Brogden Hall哈洛生物心理学中心）和医学与公共卫生学院（Barthorn医学实验室，临床科学中心）管理的动物设施中维持非人灵长类动物的殖民地。尽管事实上，非人灵长类动物被安置在巴托医学实验室和临床科学中心提供了良好的照顾，他们被关押的设施不利于支持复杂的研究计划。2008年10月，威斯康星州国家灵长类动物研究中心将在跨学科研究中心占用一个动物园，该动物园可容纳296只美国农业部第3组或第4组非人灵长类动物。这3万平方米。英尺动物饲养室将由动物保持空间、临床操作空间和紧邻的实验操作空间组成。该设施还将配备2个双床手术室，并将紧邻最先进的成像设施。这个新设施是 部分由WNPRC通过C 06机制获得的资金建造。将使用C 06资金购买一部分用于新动物园的非人灵长类动物笼子，额外的笼子将从医学院目前拥有的现有库存中捐赠。然而，为了使新的饲养场完全配备笼舍，必须获得额外的资金。这项拨款提案的简单而具体的目的是获得资金，为新的动物园购买50个四隔间的非人类灵长类动物笼。

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.