Functional and Efficiency Upgrades for the Carlson Cage Wash Facility

卡尔森笼式清洗设施的功能和效率升级

• 批准号: 8710955
• 负责人: George Parsons Langan
• 金额: $ 47.17万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-06-25 至 2015-06-24
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8710955
• 关键词: Address; Animal Experimentation; Animal Housing; Animals; Biomedical Research; Caring; Censuses; Chicago; Equipment; Funding; Housing; Institutes; Laboratory Animal Production and Facilities; Mus; Neurosciences; Research; Rodent; Universities; animal care; animal facility; improved; operation; programs; repaired; research study

Summary: The University of Chicago animal research program has grown considerably in the last 10 years. The University has kept up with the growing animal census by renovating animal facilities and incorporating vivaria into three new research buildings. These new research buildings have significantly improved the quality of research and animal space available at The University. The Carlson Animal Research Facility is the largest and most significant facility on campus in that it supports the most diverse biomedical research studies. Carlson provides a significant proportion of the mouse barrier housing, biosafety (ABSL2) housing, and procedural space for rodents. It also provides non- rodent housing and is the only facility able to house large animal species. The Carlson facility is critical to the animal care program. Several renovations have been completed in Carlson to add and improve housing and research space in the last 10 years and the Carlson Facility is again preparing to expand animal housing capacity to support the University's new Neurosciences Institute. The function of the cage wash operation however needs to be addressed as part of this renovation. We propose to address this by replacing the washing equipment in the Carlson cage wash with newer more efficient machines. We have already initiated the replacement of the Carlson rack washer and with the funding of this proposal we will replace the existing tunnel washer. These two pieces of equipment have major repair issues and decrease the efficiency of the cage wash operation. Their replacement will significantly improve the operational efficiency of the facility, which will have a significant impact on our ability to provide high quality and efficient animal care.

概括： 芝加哥大学动物研究计划在最后一个 10年。该大学通过翻新来跟上不断增长的动物人口普查 动物设施并将Vivaria纳入三座新的研究建筑。这些新 研究建筑显着改善了研究和动物空间的质量 可在大学购买。卡尔森动物研究机构是最大的， 校园中最重要的设施，因为它支持最多样化的生物医学 研究。卡尔森提供了很大比例的小鼠屏障外壳， 生物安全（ABSL2）外壳和啮齿动物的程序空间。它还提供了非 - 啮齿动物住房，是唯一能够容纳大型动物物种的设施。卡尔森 设施对于动物护理计划至关重要。几次翻新已经完成 在卡尔森（Carlson），在过去10年中增加和改善住房和研究空间 卡尔森设施再次准备扩大动物住房能力，以支持 大学的新神经科学研究所。笼子清洗操作的功能 但是，需要作为这项翻新的一部分来解决。我们建议解决这个问题 通过更新的更新颖 机器。我们已经启动了Carlson Rack Washer和 通过该提案的资助，我们将替换现有的隧道洗衣机。这两个 设备有重大维修问题并降低笼子的效率 洗涤操作。它们的替代将大大提高运营效率 该设施将对我们提供高质量和的能力产生重大影响 有效的动物护理。