DEVELOPING AND IMPROVING INSTITUTIONAL ANIMAL RESOURCES

这项改善设施的建议将使UMAB能够进行 亟需翻新、维护和更换故障 维持高质量动物护理所需的设备 由小灵通和其他机构资助的研究。伊利诺伊大学 马里兰州巴尔的摩分校(UMAB)是该大学下属的一个独立校园 马里兰州系统的。年度涉及动物的研究经费 研究经费超过2600万美元。约250名本金 研究人员每年使用超过6万只动物。兽医资源 在UMAB已经开始运营一个集中的动物资源计划 提供动物订购、饲养、管理和保健服务 在医学院、牙科学院的设施中进行动物研究 和药房。这些设施得到了AAALAC的完全认可。这个 这项建议的目的是满足我们的长期目标，即确保 使用和照料动物。为了实现这一目标，翻新和 需要修复以纠正美国农业部和AAALAC所列举的缺陷； 为了适应日益增长的人口普查，需要增加动物笼子。 由更多的调查人员产生并扩大NIH的拨款 支持需要动物的研究，并取代陈旧的， AAALAC、美国农业部和IACUC引用的生锈或损坏的笼子。的 相当重要的是，我们需要更换过时的笼式垫圈 运营效率低下，而且成本高得令人望而却步 每年的维护费用。有了NIH的拨款支持，我们可以纠正目前的情况 不足之处，并开始满足日益增多的动物普查的需要。

This proposal for facilities improvement will enable UMAB to undertake much needed renovations, maintenance, and replacement of malfunctioning equipment needed to maintain high quality animal care in support of research funded by PHS and from other agencies. iThe University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB) , is a separate campus under the University of Maryland System. The annual research funding involving animal research is in excess of $26 million. Approximately 250 Principal Investigators use over 60,000 animals per annum. Veterinary Resources at UMAB has begun to operate a centralized animal resources program which provides animal ordering, husbandry, management and health care for animal research in facilities at the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. These facilities are fully accredited by AAALAC. The aims of this proposal are to meet our long term goals of ensuring humane use and care of animals. To accomplish this objective, renovations and repairs are needed to correct deficiencies cited by the USDA and AAALAC; additional animal caging is needed to accommodate the increasing census being generated by additional investigators and expanding NIH grant support for research that requires animals and to replace worn out, rusted or damaged caging cited by AAALAC, USDA and IACUC. Of considerable importance, is our need to replace an obsolete cage washer which is operating inefficiently and is prohibitively expensive in annual maintenance costs. With NIH grant support we can rectify current inadequacies and begin to meet the needs of an increasing animal census.