EQUIPMENT REQUEST-CAGE BEDDING & PRIMATE CAGES

这项动物资源改善提案的目的是让 大学继续向AAALAC认证迈进。 这项建议 解决了继续升级动物护理所需的下一个项目 随着我们走向认证。 实验室动物画家中心，建于1981年， 科罗拉多州立大学的动物设施，设有中央笼子清洗处 设施与机架和笼式洗衣机，HEPA过滤床上用品倾倒站 以及装有水瓶填充物和垫料的隧道式洗衣机 分配器。 作为一个中心设施，笼清洗设备已收到 在过去的十年里，大量使用。 尽管保养良好， 和年龄已经采取了他们的收费和一些设备是无法修复，必须 更换 床上用品分配器需要每月维修，只是为了保持它 由于年代久远，有些零件很难订购。 的 垫料倾倒站不能运行，必须更换，因为我们 必须保护人员免受气溶胶（即动物过敏原）的影响， 对他们的健康有潜在危害。 机架和笼架的控制装置 垫圈不再生产，我们已接到Girton，Inc.的通知。的 替换部件有限或不存在。 他们建议老年人 控制器将被新的微处理器控制器取代。 非人类灵长类动物被安置在画家中心， 免疫缺陷病毒（SIV）疫苗和发病机制研究。 研究 将在未来继续并扩大。 我们的监禁是15到20年 旧的，是专为个人住房和笼子太小， 法律允许超过3公斤的动物成对饲养。 它们提供 提供丰富环境和/或社会 动物福利法（AWA）要求的动物福利。 新笼子必须 1994年，按照《中华人民共和国宪法》的要求， 具体目标1：通过以下方式更新中心笼清洗相关设备 购买和安装床上用品分配器，HEPA过滤床上用品 处理单元，以及用于机架和笼式清洗机的微处理器控制。 具体目标#2：为非人类灵长类动物购买多功能笼子 单人或双人住宿，以及购买集体住宿/锻炼笼， 符合修订后的《动物福利法》的要求， 心理健康=环境丰富。

The intent of this animal resource improvement proposal is to allow the University to continue progress toward AAALAC accreditation. This proposal addresses the next project required to continue to upgrade the animal care program as we move towards accreditation. The Painter Center for Laboratory Animals, built in 1981 as the central animal facility for Colorado State University, has a central cage wash facility with rack and cage washer, a HEPA filtered bedding dump station and a tunnel washer fitted with a water bottle filler and a bedding dispenser. As a central facility the cage wash equipment has received heavy use over the last decade. In spite of good maintenance, heavy use and age have taken their toll and some equipment is beyond repair and must be replaced. The bedding dispenser requires monthly repair just to keep it operating and some parts are difficult to order because of the age. The bedding dump station is not operational and must be replaced because we must protect personnel from aerosols (i.e. animal allergens) that are potentially hazardous to their health. The controls for the rack and cage washer are no longer made and we have been notified by Girton, Inc. that replacement parts are limited or non-existent. They recommend that the old controls be replaced by new microprocessor controls. Non-human primates are housed in the Painter Center for long term Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) vaccine and pathogenesis studies. The studies will continue and expand in the future. The caging we have is 15-20 years old, is designed for individual housing and the cages are too small to legally allow paired housing of more than 3 kg animals. They provide limited opportunity to provide environmental enrichment and/or social interaction as required by the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). New cages must be phased in by 1994 as required by the AWA. Specific Aim #1: To update the central cage wash related equipment by purchasing and installing a bedding dispenser unit, a HEPA filtered bedding disposal unit, and microprocessor controls for the rack and cage washer. Specific Aim #2: To purchase cages for non-human primates with versatility for single or pair housing, and to purchase group housing/exercise cages, both to meet the requirements of the revised Animal Welfare Act to promote psychological well=being and environmental enrichment.