Improvement to the HVAC System for the 3A Animal Facility at MSU-CVM

MSU-CVM 3A 动物设施的 HVAC 系统改进

• 批准号: 8712648
• 负责人: Lucy Senter
• 金额: $ 47.51万
• 依托单位: MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-01 至 2016-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8712648
• 关键词: Air; Air Conditioning; Animal Experimentation; Animal Housing; Animals; Applications Grants; Area; Biomedical Research; Educational process of instructing; Ensure; Environmental air flow; Equipment; Foundations; Funding; Future; Grant; Heating; Hour; Housing; Humidity; Laboratory Animals; Longevity; Mechanics; Mississippi; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Procedures; Research; Research Activity; Research Personnel; Rodent; Schools; Secure; Services; System; Techniques; Temperature; Universities; Update; Veterinary Medicine; animal facility; base; college; guide for the care and use of laboratory animals; meetings; programs; square foot

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mississippi State University (MSU) is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a very high research activity university. MSU is the only school in the state with this distinction, and one of only 108 nationwide. In FY 2013, the university secured $114 million in external research funding. Mississippi State University maintains a single core, AAALAC accredited, laboratory animal (rodent/rabbit) housing facility located within the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). This facility services the biomedical research needs of both CVM and MSU. The 1985-era facility is not utilized at peak capacity but does provide animal housing and techniques space to meet the needs of 18 researchers who are either agency or internally funded. A single, 28 year old, air handling unit (AHU) provides the mechanical basis for ensuring Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (Guide) compliant environmental conditions for research animals housed in this facility. The AHU is at the end of its functional lifespan. Analyses of air changes/hour, temperature and humidity levels show frequent straying from set points and regulatory ranges. Equipment funded by this proposal will provide the necessary and required indoor environmental standards for research animals.

描述（由申请人提供）：密西西比州立大学（MSU）由卡内基基金会（Carnegie Foundation）列为教学基金会，作为一所很高的研究活动大学。 MSU是该州唯一具有这种区别的学校，也是全国仅有的108个学校之一。在2013财年，该大学获得了1.14亿美元的外部研究资金。密西西比州立大学维持了位于兽医学院（CVM）内的单一核心，AAALAC认证的实验室动物（啮齿动物/兔子）住房设施。该设施为CVM和MSU的生物医学研究需求提供服务。 1985年时代的设施没有以峰值的能力使用，但确实提供了动物住房和技术空间，以满足18名代理商或内部资助的研究人员的需求。一个28岁的空气处理单元（AHU）为确保该设施中所在的研究动物的护理和使用指南提供了机械基础。 AHU处于其功能寿命的尽头。空气变化/小时，温度和湿度水平的分析表明，从设定点和调节范围中频繁出现。该提案资助的设备将为研究动物提供必要的室内环境标准。