WNPRC ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION

本子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能已经从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。列出的机构是中心的，不一定是研究者的机构。自2005年3月1日新的主治兽医和动物服务副主任上任以来，动物服务司经历了重大重组。这些变化包括创建一个新的单位（合规和培训）；重组蚁群管理处；还有几个新的关键人员的加入。目前，该部门主要负责以下工作：1.；为非人类灵长类动物群体提供兽医护理。2. 为非人类灵长类动物群体提供畜牧业。3. 为在WNPRC进行动物研究的主要研究者提供研究支持。4. 所有法规遵从性的监督。5. 对所有可能接触活的非人灵长类动物或非人灵长类动物组织的员工进行培训。副主任通过聘请经验丰富的合规协调员，并与动物服务培训协调员合作，确保WNPRC的设施、协议和人员符合所有机构、地方、州和联邦法律、法规和指导方针，使动物服务的监管部分正规化。兽医服务部门兽医服务部门主要负责为WNPRC的非人灵长类动物群体提供兽医护理，并为利用该中心饲养的动物的调查人员提供研究支持。由于种群的持续增长和对研究支持需求的快速增长，该单位于2005年额外雇用了两名兽医技术人员和一名外科技术人员。目前，本单位有专职兽医4名，专职兽医技师4名，专职外科技师1名，兼职外科技师1名。该单位的动物卫生计划包括严格的预防医学计划（例如，检疫、半年一次的结核菌素皮肤试验、常规体检、及时的牙科预防、定期的病毒调查）、广泛的诊断能力和出色的临床护理。菌落管理单位这是动物服务部的关键单位，负责一系列任务，包括畜牧业，菌落记录系统和环境丰富。在动物事务署副署长的领导下，该小组进行了大规模重组。为了规范动物护理的提供，两群管理员制度被取消，现在由一群管理员监督整个单位。经过广泛的全国搜索，一位在非人灵长类动物种群管理方面具有丰富经验的候选人被提供了种群经理一职，预计将于2006年4月15日开始在WNPRC工作。此外，该部门还增加了两名具有丰富非人灵长类动物经验的新动物护理主管，以帮助监督24名为非人灵长类动物群体提供日常饲养的动物研究技术人员。除了履行所有日常的饲养职责外，动物研究技术人员还每天检查非人类灵长类动物群体中每个个体成员的健康状况，向兽医人员报告所有发病率的证据，协助实施环境富集计划，并为在中心进行研究的科学家提供研究支持（例如，样本收集，数据收集，药物管理等）。一名全职和一名兼职助理在这个小组工作。该小组负责维护和更新有关临床程序、动物位置转移、治疗、研究程序、外科程序、样本收集和观察的所有数据。该小组适当地设在菌落管理单位，以促进执行被记录工作的人员之间的频繁沟通。该组与香港天文台资讯服务部紧密合作，不断改善以互联网为基础的菌落档案资料库，以方便和简化资料的输入和检索过程。环境富集在这个群体管理亚单位的协调下，WNPRC的环境富集计划充满活力和增长。目前，该项目利用社会伙伴关系、操纵、结构富集、可食用富集和积极的人类-非人类灵长类动物互动来改善非人类灵长类动物群体的心理健康。强化计划还将重点放在提高那些表现出刻板印象或自残行为的群体成员的福祉上。在过去的一年里，该小组的协调员雇佣了一名助理和一名兼职学生，以促进实施充实计划中更严格的部分。合规和培训该部门成立于2005年，旨在统一WNPRC的合规和培训计划。该部门的合规部门由新聘用的合规协调员领导，培训部门由新的培训协调员领导，他们的工作是确保WNPRC的设施、人员和IACUC协议符合所有机构、地方、州和联邦有关动物研究的法律、法规和指导方针。合规和培训部门为任何/所有WNPRC工作人员提供资源，通过详细的教育和丰富的实践经验，为人类和动物提供安全的工作环境。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Division of Animal Services has undergone a major reorganization since a new Attending Veterinarian and Associate Director of Animal Services began on March 1, 2005. These changes include the creation of a new unit (Compliance and Training); the reorganization of the Colony Management unit; and the addition of several new key personnel. Currently, the division is responsible for the following duties: 1. Provision of veterinary care for the nonhuman primate colony. 2. Provision of animal husbandry for the nonhuman primate colony. 3. Provision of research support for the principal investigators performing animal research at the WNPRC. 4. Oversight of all regulatory compliance. 5. Training of all employees who may come in contact with live nonhuman primates or nonhuman primate tissues. The Associate Director has formalized the regulatory component of Animal Services by hiring an experienced Compliance Coordinator and teaming her with the Animal Services Training Coordinator to ensure that the facilities, protocols, and personnel of the WNPRC are in compliance with all institutional, local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines. Veterinary Services Unit The Veterinary Services Unit is principally responsible for providing veterinary care to the nonhuman primate colonies of the WNPRC and for providing research support for the investigators who utilize the animals housed at the Center. Due to the continuing growth of the colony and the rapid growth in demand for research support, the unit hired two additional veterinary technicians and an additional surgery technician in 2005. Currently, four full- time veterinarians, four full-time veterinary technicians, one full-time surgery technician, and one part-time surgery technician staff the unit. The unit¿s animal health program consists of a rigorous program of preventative medicine (e.g., quarantine, semi-annual tuberculin skin testing, routine physical exams, timely dental prophylaxis, periodic viral survey), extensive diagnostic capabilities, and excellent clinical care. Colony Management Unit This pivotal unit of Animal Services is responsible for an array of tasks including animal husbandry, the colony records system, and environmental enrichment. Under the leadership of the Associate Director of Animal Services, this unit has undergone extensive reorganization. To standardize the provision of animal care, the two-colony manager system was eliminated and one colony manager now oversees the entire unit. After an extensive national search, a candidate with extensive experience in nonhuman primate colony management was offered the Colony Manager position and is expected to begin employment at the WNPRC on April 15, 2006. Additionally, two new animal care supervisors with extensive nonhuman primate experience have been added to the unit to help oversee the 24 animal research technicians who provide daily husbandry for the nonhuman primate colony. In addition to performing all daily husbandry duties, the animal research technicians also check the health of each individual member of the nonhuman primate colony on a daily basis, report all evidence of morbidity to the veterinary staff, assist with the implementation of the environmental enrichment program, and provide research support (e.g., sample collection, data collection, medication administration, etc.) to the scientists performing research at the Center. Colony Records One full-time and one part-time assistant staff this subunit of Colony Management. The subunit is responsible for maintaining and updating all data on clinical procedures, animal location transfers, treatments, research procedures, surgical procedures, sample collections, and observations. The subunit is appropriately situated in the Colony Management unit to foster frequent communication among personnel performing the work being documented. The unit works closely with the Information Services Division of the WNPRC to continuously improve the Internet-based version of the Colony Records Database to facilitate and simplify the data entry and retrieval process. Environmental Enrichment Under this Colony Management subunit¿s coordinator, the environmental enrichment program of the WNPRC is vibrant and growing. Currently the program utilizes social companionship, manipulanda, structural enrichment, edible enrichment, and positive human-nonhuman primate interaction to improve the psychological well being of the nonhuman primate colony. The enrichment program also focuses increased effort on improving the well being of those colony members that exhibit stereotypical or self-injurious behavior. Over the last year, the coordinator of the subunit has hired an assistant and a part-time student to facilitate implementation of the more rigorous components of the enrichment program. Compliance and Training This unit was established in 2005 to unify the compliance and training initiatives of the WNPRC. The compliance arm of this unit is led by the newly hired compliance coordinator and the training arm is led by the new training coordinator who work to ensure that the facilities, personnel, and IACUC protocols of the WNPRC comply with all institutional, local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to animal research. The Compliance and Training unit serves as a resource for any/all WNPRC personnel working with nonhuman primates to provide a safe work environment for the humans and animals through detailed education and intense hands-on experience.