| The animal rooms in most of the animal facilities are
appropriate for housing animals exposed to organisms requiring Biosafety
Level 1 or 2 containment. A suite in the Small Animal Holding Building
(at the Veterinary Medical Research Institute) meets the requirements
for isolation and containment of animals exposed to organisms requiring
Biosafety Level 3 containment.
Animals may be removed from an animal facility during experimental
procedures, but they may not be held outside a facility for more than 12
hours without written approval from the Committee on Animal Care (COAC).
Assignment of animal housing space is done by the LAR Animal Care
Supervisor in cooperation with the supervisors of the individual
facilities. Animals will be housed in the facility requested by the PI
unless space is not available or the needs of the particular project
dictate the use of another facility. The animal room combinations may
be obtained from the LAR for combination locks used in Vet Med and
A-Wing. Key cards will be assigned by the LAR Director when keys are
necessary to enter rooms. The keys are the responsibility of the
individual investigator.
Animals will be housed in conventional caging unless otherwise
specified by the PI on the Protocol Review Form and the Animal Usage
Form. Specific types of caging may be requested by the PI when an
animal order is placed. Many special caging needs may be met by the
equipment already in the LAR inventory. However if the needs of a
project are so unique that the equipment may unlikely be useful for
other projects, it will be the responsibility of the PI to provide the
equipment.
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