Baboon Research Resource Program

描述（由申请人提供）：OUHSC狒狒资源计划继续作为美国国立卫生研究院支持的生物医学和行为研究的狒狒的国家来源。在过去的四年里，我们已经向俄克拉荷马州大学健康科学中心以外的23个机构提供了582只狒狒。在过去的四年里，我们还为OUHSC无狒狒特异性病原体（SPF）狒狒计划提供了110只狒狒。这个SPF菌落是独一无二的，是唯一已知的NIH狒狒菌落，对13种内源性病毒呈阴性，包括所有5种已知的狒狒疱疹病毒，4种逆转录病毒，加上4种其他狒狒病毒和最常见的狒狒寄生虫。我们继续在自给自足方面取得重大进展，因为该计划的收入提供了狒狒研究资源计划近50%的支持。我们的基础设施取得了重大进展，耗资650万美元，占地18，000平方英尺的新狒狒SPF大楼完工。我们与俄克拉荷马州州立大学兽医健康科学中心（OSUHSC）（兽医学院）的合作继续产生重大的研究资源相关的研究。这个应用程序有一个显着更强的行为和遗传程序，增加了博士水平的遗传行为学家（约翰伊利，博士）。我们现在正在进行内部病毒诊断，并增加了一名全职博士级病毒学家（James Papin，博士）。最近，我们增加了一个全职兽医免疫学家我们的比较医学系（苏尼尔乔希，DVM，博士）。这三个全职研究和诊断教师显着加强我们的诊断和研究专业知识在行为，基因组学，病毒学和免疫学。OUHSC狒狒研究资源计划继续吸引更多的兽医学生导师。在过去的四年里，我们有兽医学生导师和访问暑期学生从七所兽医学校。我们继续为来自俄克拉荷马州、州立大学、密苏里州大学和堪萨斯州立大学的NIH T 35学生举办夏季访问和参观活动。OUHSC狒狒研究资源继续作为生物医学和行为研究的国家资源。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The OUHSC Baboon Resource Program continues to serves as a national source of baboons for NIH supported biomedical and behavioral research. Over the last four years we have provided 582 baboons to 23 Institutions outside the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. We have also provided 110 baboons over the last four years for the developing OUHSC Baboon Specific Pathogen Free (SPF) baboon program. This SPF colony is unique and is the only known NIH baboon colony that is negative for 13 endogenous viruses including all five known baboon herpes viruses, four retroviruses, plus four other baboon viruses and the most common baboon parasites. We continue to make significant progress toward self-sufficiency as the program income provides almost 50% of the support of the baboon research resource program. Significant progress has been made in our infrastructure with the completion of the new state of the art 6.5 million dollar, 18,000 square foot Baboon SPF building. Our collaboration with the Oklahoma State University Center for Veterinary Health Sciences (OSUHSC) (College of Veterinary Medicine) continues to produce significant research resource related research. This application has a significantly stronger behavioral and genetic program with the addition of a PhD level genetic behaviorist (John Ely, PhD). We are now performing in house viral diagnostics with the addition of a full time PhD level Virologist (James Papin, PhD). Recently we have added a full time Veterinary Immunologist to our Comparative Medicine Faculty (Sunil Joshi, DVM, PhD). These three full time research and diagnostic faculty significantly strengthens our diagnostic and research expertise in behavior, genonomics, virology, and immunology. The OUHSC Baboon Research Resource program continues to attract more veterinary student preceptors. Over the last four years we have had veterinary student preceptors and visiting summer students from seven veterinary schools. We continue to host a summer visit and tour for NIH T 35 students from, Oklahoma State University, University of Missouri, and Kansas State University. The OUHSC Baboon Research Resource continues to serve as a national source for biomedical, and behavior research.