WNPRC ANIMAL SERVICES DIVISION

WNPRC 动物服务部

• 批准号: 7349400
• 负责人: Saverio Vincent Capuano
• 金额: $ 239.49万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7349400
• 关键词: WNPRC; ANIMAL; SERVICES; DIVISION

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The Division of Animal Services has undergone a major reorganization since a new Attending Veterinarian and Associate Director of Animal Services began on March 1, 2005. These changes include the creation of a new unit (Compliance and Training); the reorganization of the Colony Management unit; and the addition of several new key personnel. Currently, the division is responsible for the following duties: 1. Provision of veterinary care for the nonhuman primate colony. 2. Provision of animal husbandry for the nonhuman primate colony. 3. Provision of research support for the principal investigators performing animal research at the WNPRC. 4. Oversight of all regulatory compliance. 5. Training of all employees who may come in contact with live nonhuman primates or nonhuman primate tissues. The Associate Director has formalized the regulatory component of Animal Services by hiring an experienced Compliance Coordinator and teaming her with the Animal Services Training Coordinator to ensure that the facilities, protocols, and personnel of the WNPRC are in compliance with all institutional, local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines. Veterinary Services Unit The Veterinary Services Unit is principally responsible for providing veterinary care to the nonhuman primate colonies of the WNPRC and for providing research support for the investigators who utilize the animals housed at the Center. Due to the continuing growth of the colony and the rapid growth in demand for research support, the unit hired two additional veterinary technicians and an additional surgery technician in 2005. Currently, four full- time veterinarians, four full-time veterinary technicians, one full-time surgery technician, and one part-time surgery technician staff the unit. The unit¿s animal health program consists of a rigorous program of preventative medicine (e.g., quarantine, semi-annual tuberculin skin testing, routine physical exams, timely dental prophylaxis, periodic viral survey), extensive diagnostic capabilities, and excellent clinical care. Colony Management Unit This pivotal unit of Animal Services is responsible for an array of tasks including animal husbandry, the colony records system, and environmental enrichment. Under the leadership of the Associate Director of Animal Services, this unit has undergone extensive reorganization. To standardize the provision of animal care, the two-colony manager system was eliminated and one colony manager now oversees the entire unit. After an extensive national search, a candidate with extensive experience in nonhuman primate colony management was offered the Colony Manager position and is expected to begin employment at the WNPRC on April 15, 2006. Additionally, two new animal care supervisors with extensive nonhuman primate experience have been added to the unit to help oversee the 24 animal research technicians who provide daily husbandry for the nonhuman primate colony. In addition to performing all daily husbandry duties, the animal research technicians also check the health of each individual member of the nonhuman primate colony on a daily basis, report all evidence of morbidity to the veterinary staff, assist with the implementation of the environmental enrichment program, and provide research support (e.g., sample collection, data collection, medication administration, etc.) to the scientists performing research at the Center. Colony Records One full-time and one part-time assistant staff this subunit of Colony Management. The subunit is responsible for maintaining and updating all data on clinical procedures, animal location transfers, treatments, research procedures, surgical procedures, sample collections, and observations. The subunit is appropriately situated in the Colony Management unit to foster frequent communication among personnel performing the work being documented. The unit works closely with the Information Services Division of the WNPRC to continuously improve the Internet-based version of the Colony Records Database to facilitate and simplify the data entry and retrieval process. Environmental Enrichment Under this Colony Management subunit¿s coordinator, the environmental enrichment program of the WNPRC is vibrant and growing. Currently the program utilizes social companionship, manipulanda, structural enrichment, edible enrichment, and positive human-nonhuman primate interaction to improve the psychological well being of the nonhuman primate colony. The enrichment program also focuses increased effort on improving the well being of those colony members that exhibit stereotypical or self-injurious behavior. Over the last year, the coordinator of the subunit has hired an assistant and a part-time student to facilitate implementation of the more rigorous components of the enrichment program. Compliance and Training This unit was established in 2005 to unify the compliance and training initiatives of the WNPRC. The compliance arm of this unit is led by the newly hired compliance coordinator and the training arm is led by the new training coordinator who work to ensure that the facilities, personnel, and IACUC protocols of the WNPRC comply with all institutional, local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to animal research. The Compliance and Training unit serves as a resource for any/all WNPRC personnel working with nonhuman primates to provide a safe work environment for the humans and animals through detailed education and intense hands-on experience.

该子项目是利用 NIH/NCRR 资助的中心拨款提供的资源的众多研究子项目之一，该子项目和研究者 (PI) 可能已从其他 NIH 来源获得主要资助，因此可以在其他 CRISP 机构中得到体现。列出的内容适用于该中心，该中心不一定是研究者的机构。自 2005 年 3 月 1 日新任主治兽医和动物服务副主任上任以来，动物服务部门经历了重大重组。这些变化包括设立新部门（合规和培训）；重组群体管理部门；并增加几名新的关键人员。 目前，该部门负责以下职责： 1. 为非人类灵长类动物提供兽医护理。 2. 为非人类灵长类动物群提供畜牧业。 3. 为 WNPRC 进行动物研究的主要研究人员提供研究支持。 5. 对所有人员进行培训。副总监聘请了一位经验丰富的合规协调员，并与动物服务培训协调员合作，以确保设施、协议和方法符合动物服务的规定。 WNPRC 的人员遵守所有机构、地方、州和联邦法律、法规和准则。 兽医服务部门 兽医服务部门主要负责向非人类提供兽医护理。由于灵长类动物群体的持续增长和研究支持需求的快速增长，该单位额外聘请了两名兽医技术人员和一名额外的兽医技术人员。 2005 年，该单位拥有 4 名全职兽医、4 名全职兽医技术员、1 名全职手术技术员和 1 名兼职手术技术员。动物健康计划包括严格的预防医学计划（例如检疫、半年一次的结核菌素皮肤测试、常规体检、及时的牙科预防、定期病毒调查）、广泛的诊断能力和出色的临床护理。动物服务的关键部门负责一系列任务，包括畜牧业、群体记录系统和环境丰富化。在动物服务副主任的领导下，该部门进行了广泛的重组，以实现标准化。动物护理部门取消了两个群体经理制度，现在由一名群体经理负责整个部门的管理。经过广泛的全国性搜寻，一位在非人类灵长类群体管理方面拥有丰富经验的候选人获得了群体经理职位，并预计将开始就业。 2006 年 4 月 15 日在 WNPRC 举行。此外，该部门还增加了两名具有丰富非人类灵长类动物经验的新动物护理主管，以帮助监督为非人类灵长类动物群体提供日常饲养的 24 名动物研究技术人员。除了履行所有日常饲养职责外，动物研究技术人员还每天检查非人类灵长类动物群体中每个成员的健康状况，向兽医人员报告所有发病证据，协助实施环境浓缩计划，为在中心进行研究的科学家提供研究支持（例如，样本采集、数据收集、药物管理等）。 群体记录 该群体管理子单位有一名全职和一名兼职助理人员。负责任的用于维护和更新有关临床程序、动物位置转移、治疗、研究程序、手术程序、样本收集和观察的所有数据。该子单位适当地位于群体管理单位中，以促进执行记录工作的人员之间的频繁沟通。该单位与 WNPRC 信息服务部门密切合作，不断改进基于互联网的殖民地记录数据库版本，以促进和简化该殖民地管理子单位的数据输入和检索过程。在协调员的指导下，WNPRC 的环境丰富计划正在蓬勃发展，目前该计划利用社会陪伴、操纵、结构丰富、食物丰富和积极的人类与非人类灵长类动物互动来改善非人类灵长类动物群体的心理健康。该计划还致力于改善那些表现出刻板印象或自残行为的群体成员的福祉。去年，该小组的协调员聘请了一名助理和一名兼职学生来帮助他们。促进强化计划中更严格的内容的实施 该部门成立于 2005 年，旨在统一 WNPRC 的合规部门和培训部门。由新的培训协调员领导，他们致力于确保 WNPRC 的设施、人员和 IACUC 协议符合与动物研究有关的所有机构、地方、州和联邦法律、法规和指南。充当为所有从事非人类灵长类动物工作的 WNPRC 人员提供的资源，通过详细的教育和丰富的实践经验为人类和动物提供安全的工作环境。