Improvement of Nonhuman Primate Housing Facilities

描述（由申请人提供）： 西南生物医学研究基金会（SFBR）拥有利用人类疾病动物模型的动态和不断增长的研究计划。这些计划的持续成功取决于高质量设施的持续可用性，以符合最高标准，并以符合或超过NRC实验动物护理和使用指南规定的方式运行。该申请要求提供资金，通过翻新动物区的内部装修来改善约13，850平方英尺的现有动物饲养空间，以改善排水和促进卫生，并减缓动物饲养室因正常使用而导致的恶化过程。两栋建筑（6号楼和8号楼）动物使用区域的现有环氧树脂地板表面将通过消除积水的脊和谷进行翻新。将在两栋建筑物（28号和106号建筑物）中安装新的环氧树脂防水地板表面，以覆盖现有的经过处理的混凝土地板，这些地板的表面随着时间的推移和使用而开裂和腐蚀。完成这些翻新将通过减少与高效清洁和卫生相关的劳动力来提高运营效率。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR) has dynamic and growing research programs that utilize animal models of human disease. The ongoing success of these programs depends upon the continued availability of high-quality facilities in order conform to the highest standards and to operate in a manner that meets or exceeds the provisions of the NRC Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. This application requests funding to improve approximately 13,850 square feet of existing animal housing space by refurbishment of interior finishes in animal areas in order to improve drainage and facilitate sanitation, and to slow the process of deterioration within animal housing rooms that results from normal use. Existing epoxy resinous floor surfaces in animal use areas of two buildings (Buildings 6 and 8) will be refurbished by the elimination of ridges and valleys that accumulate water. New epoxy resinous floor surfaces will be installed in two buildings (Buildings 28 and 106) to cover existing treated concrete floors whose surfaces have become cracked and eroded with time and use. Completion of these renovations will result in improved operational efficiencies by reducing the labor associated with efficient cleaning and sanitation.