Volker Hall Animal Facility Phase IV

沃尔克霍尔动物设施第四期

• 批准号: 7853021
• 负责人: SAMUEL Corbin CARTNER
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7853021
• 关键词: Address; Air Conditioning; Alabama; Animal Experimentation; Animal Housing; Animals; Arts; Autopsy; Commit; Darkness; Environmental air flow; Equipment; Funding; Heating; Housing; Light; Lighting; Monitor; National Center for Research Resources; Phase; Procedures; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Retinal; Rodent; Temperature; Universities; animal facility

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) requests funds ($500,000 NCRR, $39,000 committed from UAB) for the completion of the renovation of the second largest and oldest animal facility at UAB. The Volker Hall Animal Facility (VHAF) was constructed in 1971 and provides 45,500 nsf of animal housing, procedure and support space. The VHAF has undergone a three phase renovation starting in 2000. This proposal (Phase IV) will complete the fitout of 1000 nsf and provide: (1) a state of the art animal necropsy room, (2) three animal housing rooms with special light control features (total darkness and/or light), (3) heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) improvement to 16 animal housing rooms allowing centralized monitoring/control of room temperatures, and (4) wall protection railings for the corridors surrounding the large animal housing rooms of the VHAF. The following deficiencies are addressed: absence of appropriate facilities for large animal necropsy and rendering of carcasses for disposal; insufficient space for terminal rodent procedures; absence of appropriate housing space for animals used in retinal research requiring total darkness/light; inadequate monitoring of animal housing room temperatures; and damaged walls, doors and wall mounted equipment due to absence of wall protection railing. The requessted improvements will benefit all large animal researchers at UAB (21), all small animal researchers (35) with animals housed in VHAF and retinal researchers requiring special lighting conditions for their animals (6). These facilities will contribute to the completion of 69 active ($16.7M) and 113 pending ($120.4M) animal research projects.

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请来自阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校（UAB），要求资金（500,000美元NCRR， UAB承诺39,000美元）用于完成UAB第二大和最古老的动物设施的翻新。Volker Hall动物设施（VHAF）建于1971年，提供45,500平方英尺的动物住房，程序和支持空间。从2000年开始，VHAF经历了三个阶段的翻新。该提案（第四阶段）将完成1000平方英尺的装修，并提供：(1)最先进的动物解剖室，(2)三个具有特殊灯光控制功能的动物饲养室（完全黑暗和/或明亮），(3)对16个动物饲养室进行采暖通风和空调（HVAC）改进，以便集中监测/控制房间温度，以及(4)VHAF大型动物饲养室周围走廊的墙壁保护栏杆。解决了以下缺陷：缺乏适当的设施进行大型动物尸检和处理尸体；没有足够空间进行鼠类终末处理；视网膜研究中需要完全黑暗/光亮的动物缺乏适当的居住空间；对动物房舍温度监测不足；以及由于没有护墙栏杆而损坏墙壁、门和壁挂设备。所要求的改进将使UAB的所有大型动物研究人员（21）、所有将动物安置在VHAF的小动物研究人员（35）和需要为动物提供特殊照明条件的视网膜研究人员(6)受益。这些设施将有助于完成69个正在进行的（1670万美元）和113个待完成的（1.204亿美元）动物研究项目。