DSU Renovation Core

项目总结： 这一核心的目标是对特拉华州立大学(DSU)现有的实验动物设施进行重大升级，以满足日益增长的研究人员的需求。虽然得克萨斯州立大学的农业和自然资源部为他们的家畜研究保留了大量的家禽和大型动物设施，但我们校园里严重缺乏用于生物医学研究的小型动物设施。目前，得克萨斯州立大学的啮齿动物设施包括米肖科学中心的一个单间，在实施安乐死之前，该单间只能容纳单一物种的少数几只动物一两天。为了解决生物医学研究基础设施严重不足的问题，该大学已在前植物标本馆建筑中投入1650平方英尺的空间，用于翻新为符合美国实验动物护理促进会(AAALAC)的啮齿动物收容所。拟议的翻修将拆除现有的用于存放植物标本的架子，并将1650平方英尺的空间划分为五个独立的房间。这些设施将包括三个储藏室，以便同时容纳老鼠和老鼠，以及一个特殊的种群房间，用于需要隔离的动物。翻新后的空间还将包括一个准备/笼子洗涤区，一个为尸检配备的程序室，以及一个供动物护理技术员使用的办公区。为了满足AAALAC对动物舍的要求，将拆除窗户，并对门、天花板、地板、管道、电气和暖通空调系统进行升级。翻修完成后，动物设施将配备笼子和笼洗/消毒设备，动物收容室将配备温度/湿度监测系统。一旦翻修完成，特拉华州立大学将维护该设施，并为其申请AAALAC认证。

PROJECT SUMMARY: The objective of this core is to provide a significant upgrade to the existing laboratory animal facilities at Delaware State University (DSU) to meet the demand of a growing research faculty. While the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources at DSU maintains significant poultry and large animal facilities for their livestock research, small animal facilities for biomedical research are sorely lacking on our campus. Currently, rodent facilities at DSU consist of a single room in the Mishoe Science Center that can only be used to house a few animals of a single species for a day or two prior to euthanasia. To address this critical lack in the infrastructure for biomedical research, the University has committed a 1650 square foot space in the former Herbarium building for renovation into an American Association for the Advancement of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC)-compliant rodent housing facility. The proposed renovation will remove existing shelving installed to hold plant specimens and divide the 1650 sq ft space into five separate rooms. These will include three holding rooms to allow simultaneous housing of rats and mice, as well as a special populations room for animals that need to be isolated. The renovated space will also include a preparative/cage-wash area, a procedure room outfitted for necropsy and an office area for an animal care technician. In order to meet AAALAC requirements for animal housing, the windows will be removed, and the doors, ceiling, floor, plumbing, electrical and HVAC system will ali be upgraded. Upon completion of the renovation, the animal facility will be equipped with cages and a cage wash/sterilization apparatus, and the animal housing rooms will be equipped with a temperature/humidity monitoring system. Once the renovation is complete, Delaware State University will maintain the facility and apply for AAALAC accreditation for it.