CORE--VETERINARY SERVICES

核心单位C负责维护纯种狒狒 群体，管理繁育群体，并进行实验 手术过程中使用的是狒狒。群体维护包括日常护理，即， 喂食指定的饲料，清洁笼子，观察动物是否有 疾病，治疗生病的动物，以及维护动物数据库记录。 繁殖群体管理包括维持父系的分配， 监测怀孕的水坝在动物数据库中记录出生情况， 并从群体中剔除不具生产力的动物。实验程序 包括双重饮食挑战，通过以下方式测量肥胖 生物阻抗和核心脂肪组织的活组织检查。动物饲养员是 负责实验动物的日常维护；饮食 准备工作。兽医技术人员提供医疗保健，并且 负责实验程序。

Core Unit C is responsible for maintaining the pedigreed baboon colony, managing the breeding groups, and conducting the experimental procedures using baboons. Colony maintenance includes daily care, i.e., feeding assigned diets, cleaning cages observing animals for signs of illness, treating sick animals, and maintaining animal database records. Breeding colony management includes maintaining sire-dam assignments, monitoring dams for pregnancies recording births in the animal database, and culling unproductive animals from the colony. Experimental procedures include the dual dietary challenge, adiposity measurements by bioimpedance, and biopsy of core adipose tissue. Animal caretakers are responsible for animal maintenance on a daily basis of experimental; diet preparation. Veterinary technicians provide health care and are responsible for experimental procedures.