UW Oshkosh Animal Facility Improvement

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一个2006年AFIP提案的重新提交，该提案来自一个主要的本科院校，UW Oshkosh，它有一个越来越多的涉及动物的研究使命。UW Oshkosh的BioMicro动物设施自1967年建造以来一直保持不变;但在20世纪90年代，UW Oshkosh开始要求其教师进行学术研究。去年，BioMicro的教师带来了150万美元的校外资金，其中包括超过8.8万美元的动物研究项目。BioMicro动物设施还拥有独特的国家资源：一个由13只地松鼠组成的圈养繁殖群，这是NIH资助的全国冬眠和视觉研究的关键模型。来自威斯康星州的大量资金已被批准，以回应NCRR的2006年对我们的动物计划的批评，和一个新的校园兽医已被任命谁已经是一个全职员工。然而，自2006年以来，我们对动物设施改善的计划需求有所扩大，特别是在环境监测领域。我们2007年的具体目标是：一。在所有动物中安装环境监测器，以警报系统，II。购买额外的啮齿动物笼/架单位，三。更换不符合AAALAC标准的笼式垫圈，IV.更换啮齿动物手术室内无法运作的可移动设备，以及五.翻修现有动物房，在一年的部分时间专门用作地松鼠冬眠室。我们的总体目标是：更好地服务于现有和未来的教师的研究动物的需求;资格UW奥什科什AAALAC认证;并适应我们的圈养地松鼠不断增长的国家需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a resubmission of a 2006 AFIP proposal from a primarily undergraduate institution, UW Oshkosh, which has a growing research mission involving animals. UW Oshkosh's BioMicro animal facility is unchanged since its construction in 1967; yet in the 1990s, UW Oshkosh began to require scholarly research of its faculty. Last year, BioMicro faculty brought in $1.5million of extramural funds, including over $88thousand for animal research projects. The BioMicro animal facility also houses a unique national resource: a captive breeding colony of 13-lined ground squirrels, a key model for NIH-funded studies of hibernation and vision across the nation. Significant funding from the State of Wisconsin has been approved in response to NCRR's 2006 criticisms of our animal programs, and a new Campus Vet has been appointed who is already a full-time employee. However, our program needs for animal facility improvement have broadened since 2006, particularly in the area of environmental monitoring. Our 2007Specific Aims are: I. Installation of environmental monitors in all animals to an alarm system, II. Purchase of additional rodent cage/rack units, III. Replacement of a non-AAALAC-compliant cage washer, IV. Replacement of non-functioning movable equipment within a rodent surgical suite, and V. Renovation of an existing animal room for dedicated use as a ground squirrel hibernation chamber part of the year. Our broad objectives are to: better serve the research animal needs of existing and future faculty; qualify UW Oshkosh for AAALAC accreditation; and accommodate the growing national demand for our captive-bred ground squirrels.