Construction of Overhead Structures on Field Corrals

描述(由申请人提供)：这份申请来自位于加州大学戴维斯分校的加州国家灵长类动物研究中心(CNPRC)，旨在通过有限竞争：校外研究设施改善计划(C06)获得895,800美元的联邦资金，以在四个半英亩的田野畜栏上建造架空结构。中国有24个半英亩的田野畜栏，为恒河猴繁殖群体提供住房。这些田野畜栏每个都容纳了大约150只动物。这些动物是一种长期的繁殖资源，是美国各地研究人员在生物医学研究中使用的婴儿、青少年、成人和老年动物的全国性资源。在中国现有的野外笼子中，已经有20个架空结构，以保护动物免受夏季的炎热和冬季的雨水。拟议的四个野外畜栏建于2009年，以扩大艾滋病相关研究的动物生产，需要架空结构。该项目将建造四个独立的19英尺高的钢框架顶棚(类似于庭院结构)，覆盖相应的半英亩田地围栏的大约四分之一，即540平方英尺。该结构将包括钢框架、金属屋顶和混凝土基座。拟议项目的具体目标是：增进动物福利和艾滋病调查员获得健康研究动物的机会；为动物提供一个干燥的区域，供其进食，并在冬季避雨，夏季避雨；解决缺乏架空结构可能成为动物福利问题的关切；为兽医和技术人员提供一个干燥的区域，以便进行动物的日常健康程序和行为健康评估。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application from California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) located on the University of California (UC), Davis campus seeks to obtain federal funding in the amount of $895,800 through the Limited Competition: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06) to construct overhead structures on four half-acre field corrals. The CNPRC has 24 half-acre field corrals that provide housing for the rhesus monkey breeding colony. Each of these field corrals houses approximately 150 animals. These animals are a long-term breeding resource and serve as a national resource for infants, juveniles, adults, and aged animals for use in biomedical research by investigators from throughout the United States. Twenty of the existing field cages at the CNPRC already have overhead structures to protect the animals from the heat in the summer and the rain in the winter. The proposed four field corrals were built in 2009 to expand production of animals for AIDS-related research and are in need of overhead structures. This project will construct four free-standing 19' high steel-frame canopy covers (similar to patio structures) over approximately one-quarter of a corresponding half-acre field corral, or 540 square feet. The structure will include steel framing, metal roofing, and concrete footings. The specific aims of the proposed project are to: enhance animal well-being and AIDS investigator access to healthy research animals; provide animals a dry area for eating and shelter from the rain in the winter and shade in the summer; address concerns that the lack of overhead structures could be a potential animal welfare concern; provide veterinary and technical staff a dry area to conduct routine animal health procedures and behavioral health assessments.