IMPROVEMENT OF ULAR FACILITIES

宾夕法尼亚大学做出了重大承诺， 为大学实验动物提供资金和项目支持 资源（ULAR）下的研究副教务长办公室。 自1987年1月以来，新的实验室动物组织 在聘请了一名主任和提供了重要支持后， 负责监督饲养和校园实验动物的工作人员 计算机管理工具。 两名住院医生已经开始 大学资助的三年制学位课程。 内 本月，将增加两名居民， 通过国家卫生研究院资助更多的住院医生正在等待。 教师 预计明年内将任命新的工作人员。 5个月后，招聘。 大学目标 在未来3-4年内获得AAALAC认证似乎是可以实现的。 这一提议是升级进程的合理延续， 根据AAALAC标准， 大学。 为此，需要改善设施， 神经科学家提出了一项改造现有神经系统的提案 进入具有随行动物手术室的不合标准的空间 回收/持有设施。 需要一些新的设备， 提高设备的利用率，改善麻醉效果 交付. 此外，对复杂的运输车的需求已经被 记录并包含在本提案中。 这些手推车可以让 研究者适当地（为自己和动物） 将研究动物运送到特殊研究所需的区域。 最后，由于担心狗长期被关在笼子里， 联邦空间和/或exsrcise要求的即将发生的变化， 为了提高我们设施的灵活性和效率，运行 已要求建造这类住房单位来解决这些问题。

The University of Pennsylvania has made significant commitments of money and programmatic support for the University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR) under the Office of the Vice Provost for Research. Since January of 1987 the new laboratory animal organization has taken shape with the hiring of a Director and important support staff to oversee husbandry and a campus wide laboratory animal computer management tool. Two residents have been started on a three year degree program which the University has funded. Within the month, two more residents will be added and an application for funding more residents through the NIH is pending. Faculty appointments to fill out the staff are expected within the next three months after five months of recruitment. The University goal of AAALAC accreditation within the next 3-4 years seems attainable. This proposal is a logical continuation of the process to upgrade to AAALAC standards all animal housing and support facilities in the University. To this end the need for improved facilities for neuroscientists has resulted in a proposal to renovate existing substandard space into a surgical suite having accompanying animal recovery/holding facilites. Some new eguipment is requested to enhance the utility of the facility and improve anesthetic delivery. Additionally, a need for sophisticated transport carts has been documented and included in this proposal. These carts would allow investigators to appropriately (for themselves and the animals) transport research animals to areas necessary for special studies. Finally, because of concerns about chronic caging of dogs, impending changes in federal space and/or exsrcise requirements, to increase the flexibility and efficiency of our facility, run type housing units have been requested to address these concerns.