ANIMAL RESOURCES DIAGNOSTIC AND INVESTIGATIVE LABORATORY

本提案的具体目的是：1)引导和扩大 诊断实验室为支持健康方案提供的服务 实验室疾病的评估、诊断和控制与预防 动物；2)开发和应用新的疾病检测方法 对实验动物；3)识别和表征疾病 动物是人类疾病的潜在模型；4)进行 传染性和非传染性疾病的特征研究 实验动物，以阐明发病机制，并制定适当的 治疗、控制和预防方法；5)发展和改进 比较医学教学用动物素材资源及 病理学。我们实现这些目标的方法包括改进我们的 医疗保健和诊断实验室支持计划并正在扩大 从事比较医学和病理学方面的研究。最终，我们的 目的是提供所需的全部动物护理和支持 为UTSMC调查人员提供健康、特色化的动物 研究计划，并以促进促进动物的方式维护动物 稳定和幸福。

The specific aims of this proposal are 1) to conduct and expand the services of the diagnostic laboratory to support programs of health assessment, diagnosis, and control and prevention of diseases of laboratory animals; 2) to develop and apply new methods for the detection of diseases of experimental animals; 3) to recognize and characterize diseases of animals which are potential models of human diseases; 4) to conduct research to characterize infectious and noninfectious diseases of laboratory animals, to elucidate pathogenesis, and to develop appropriate treatment, control and prevention methods; and 5) to develop and improve a resource of animal material for teaching comparative medicine and pathology. Our methods to accomplish these goals include improving our health care and diagnostic laboratory support programs and expanding research endeavors in comparative medicine and pathology. Ultimately, our purpose is to provide the total of animal care and support required to provide UTSMC investigators with healthy, characterized animals for their research programs and to maintain the animals in a manner that promotes stability and well being.