IMPROVEMENT OF LABORATORY ANIMAL FACILITIES

波莫纳学院是一所本科文科学院， 坚定地致力于科学方面的职前培训 和一个积极的，赠款支持的教师/学生研究计划 在生物学，化学和心理学。 超过60%的 生物学，化学和心理学的毕业生继续他们的 医学或研究生院教育，86%的 近年来，医学院的申请者被录取了。 实验室和野生动物的使用是一个重要组成部分， 这些计划，我们已经完全认可的 美国实验动物认证协会 自1975年以来，一直担任美国援外社协会（AAALAC）的成员。 近年来，随着 加强了对动物的护理和使用， 研究和教学增加了，我们的动物设施，建在 1959年，被征收重税。 我们对这些要求作出了回应， 投资约34，340美元用于翻新和新设备 到1982年。 然而，我们的设施仍有不足之处， 足够的房间隔离，手术，并容纳所有 研究和教学所需的物种; 2）具有过时的 供暖、通风和空调（HVAC）系统 目前无法提供可靠的供暖、制冷和通风 联邦标准;以及3）缺乏应急电源， 现有的HVAC系统。 波莫纳学院致力于保持一个上级动物 设施，提供质量所需的动物资源 研究和教学计划，并继续全面AAALAC 授权 这项建议寻求对等资金， 将现有的两个房间改建为四个，购买和 为旧的和翻新的安装适当的HVAC系统 设施，并购买应急电源系统， 空调系统。

Pomona College is an undergraduate, liberal arts college with a strong commitment to pre-professional training in the sciences and an active, grant-supported faculty/student research program in Biology, Chemistry, and Psychology. Over 60 percent of our graduates in Biology, Chemistry and Psychology continue their education in medical or graduate school, and 86 percent of the applicants to medical school were admitted during recent years. The use of laboratory and wild animals is an essential part of these programs, and we have been fully accredited by The American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) since 1975. In recent years, as regulations for animal care and use have been strengthened, and use of animals in research and teaching has increased, our animal facility, built in 1959, has been severely taxed. We responded to these demands by investing approximately $34,340 in renovation and new equipment by 1982. However, our facility is still deficient in that it 1) lacks sufficient rooms for isolation, surgery, and to accommodate all species required for research and teaching; 2) has an antiquated heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that does not provide dependable heating, cooling and ventilation at current Federal standards; and 3) lacks emergency power supply for the existing HVAC system. Pomona College is committed to maintaining a superior animal facility, providing the animal resources necessary for quality research and teaching programs, and continuing full AAALAC accredition. This proposal seeks matching funds for the renovation of two existing rooms into four, purchase and installation of an adequate HVAC system for old and renovated facilities, and purchase of an emergency power system for the HVAC system.