LAMb Request for Laboratory Animal Major Vivarium Equipment

实验动物主要设备项目（LAMb） 请求支持购买高密度单独通风鼠笼 系统的动物园在迈克尔E。DeBakey VA医疗中心（MEDVAMC）。 这是一个设施范围内的增强，将提供给所有研究人员 在我们的设施中饲养小鼠，包括7名VA研究人员， 应用程序.新的笼舍系统将提供更好的微环境， 实验室动物，将减少实验室人员接触过敏原， 将与该设施最近获得的自动供水系统集成， 将提高动物园空间的利用率。这些改进， MEDVAMC的动物园将提高该设施保留和招募的能力 成功的研究人员，他们的研究依赖于高质量的 啮齿动物房屋的微环境。

This application for the Laboratory Animal Major Equipment Program (LAMb) requests support to purchase a high-density individually-ventilated mouse caging system for the vivarium at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC). This is a facility-wide enhancement that will be available to all researchers housing mice at our facility, including the 7 VA investigators listed in the application. The new caging system will provide improved microenvironment for laboratory animals, will reduce the exposure to allergens for laboratory personnel, will integrate with the facility's recently acquired automated watering system and will enhance utilization of space in the vivarium. These improvements to the vivarium at MEDVAMC will enhance the ability of the facility to retain and recruit successful investigators whose research depends upon a high-quality microenvironment for rodent housing.