Nonhuman Primate Caging for the SNPRC

描述(由申请人提供)：本提案是西南国家灵长类动物研究中心(SNPRC)购买非人类灵长类笼子的请求。过去几年，美国国立卫生研究院资助的研究项目的增长，为被分配进行研究的非人类灵长类动物创造了更多的住房空间。为了减少开始NIH资助的研究的延迟，SNPRC建议购买更多的笼子来满足这一需求。拟议的笼子包括二十六(26)个适合饲养猕猴的二人二等单元和二十一(21)个15平方英尺的个体笼子。英国《金融时报》体重超过30公斤的猴子笼子将设在现有的动物设施中，目前没有足够的笼子可用。笼子的获得将通过允许更多地利用非人类灵长类动物群体来支持我们的整体生物医学研究任务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal is a request by the Southwest National Primate Research Center (SNPRC) to purchase nonhuman primate caging. Growth of NIH-funded research programs over the past several years has created an increased demand for housing space for nonhuman primates assigned to research studies. In order to reduce delays in starting NIH-funded studies, the SNPRC proposes to acquire additional caging to satisfy this demand. The proposed cages, consisting of twenty-six (26) two-over-two units suitable for housing macaques and twenty-one (21) individual 15 sq. ft. cages for monkeys greater than 30 kg in weight, will be located in existing animal facilities that do not currently have sufficient caging available. Acquisition of the caging will support our overall biomedical research mission by allowing greater utilization of the nonhuman primate colonies.