Summarize the nature of the animal population and the predominant types of clinical activities | The Residency and Graduate Training Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine provides clinical services and veterinary care to the centrally administered support service for animal research and teaching programs at the City of Hope/Beckman Research Institute (COH/BRI) Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) Animal Resources Center (ARC) and University of California (USC) Department of Animal Resources (DAR) animal facilities.
The COH/BRI animal care and use program supports approximately 75 principal investigators and over 220 approved protocols involving the use of animals. The major types of studies include: Cancer research (mice, rats, and rabbits) Diabetes and metabolism (mice and rats) Transgenics, knock-outs, and gene therapy (mice) Immunology (antibody production in mice and rabbits) Molecular biochemistry and genetics (mice, rabbits, and chickens) Radiation research (mice and rats) Neuroscience (mice and rats) Stem Cell Biology (mice)
The USC animal care and use program supports 264 principal investigators with approximately 760 approved protocols involving the use of animals. Research and teaching programs include the following disciplines: Cancer and cancer therapeutics (mice and rats) Cardiovascular disease and surgery (mice, rats, and swine) Diabetes (mice, rats, and dogs) Alcoholism (mice and rats) Ophthalmology (mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, and nonhuman primates) Genetics and gene therapy (mice and rats) Immunology (mice and rats) Biochemistry and metabolism (mice, rats, and birds) Neuroscience and behavior (mice, rats, hamsters, rabbits, amphibians, reptiles, and birds) Gerontology (mice and rats) Craniofacial development and molecular biology (mice and rats) Pharmacology (mice, rats, rabbits, and amphibians) Exercise physiology (mice and rats) Gastrointestinal surgery (mice, rats, and swine) Physical therapy (mice, rats, and rabbits) Orthopedic surgery (mice, rats, and rabbits) Obstetrics and gynecology (mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits, and swine) Medical devices and laparascopic surgery (swine) Vascular surgery devices (swine) Advanced trauma life support (swine) Marine biology (fish) |