Summarize the nature of the animal population and the predominant types of clinical activities | NYULH and NYUWS facilities combined support multiple species including mice, rats, singing mice, anoles, zebra finches, budgerigars, hamsters and gerbils, large animal species such as pigs, non-human primates and rabbits and a variety of aquatic species. NYULH consists of 5 central and 30 satellite facilities comprising 47,554 + sq. ft. Notable features include three rodent barrier facilities, a large animal housing, surgical suite and necropsy area, ABLS- 2 and ABSL-3 housing, as well as satellite facilities supporting zebrafish and Xenopus species.
NYUWS consists of 2 central and 6 satellite facilities comprising 12,178 sq. ft. Notable features include 2 rodent barriers, 2 non-human primate housing facilities housing adult, and juvenile and infant animals, respectively, a large animal surgical suite, and large animal diagnostic imaging equipment. NYU also provides veterinary oversight for the multi-species fish facility located at NYU-Tandon in Brooklyn NY.
NYULH and NYUWS also have access to ancillary supporting core facilities such as a Preclinical Imaging Laboratory which contains state-of-the art rodent and small animal imaging technologies small, a transgenic production facility, a rodent behavioral laboratory, and a large animal MRI facility.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s research animal facilities consist of five main facilities. The B5-3 Research Animal Facility (RAF) is the largest, 23,288 sq. ft. The B4-1 Mouse Production Facility (MPF) is 6,191 sq ft. The B4-2 Research Animal Facility (RAF) is 8,604 sq. ft. The Building 9 research animal vivarium is a new, self-contained state of the art facility with a net area of 56,000 square foot. This facility exclusively houses laboratory mice and includes rooms with exclusion barrier and conventional conditions, a quarantine room, procedure rooms, imaging suites, necropsy rooms, a large fully automated, efficient cage wash area with two tunnel washers, a rack washer, bedding dispensers and disposals, two large walk-in autoclave units, dedicated storage locations for food, bedding, and equipment and other research support areas. This facility provides space for the housing of over 100,000 mice either in individually ventilated caging systems or in shoeboxes in semi-rigid isolators. All of the facilities are under the management and oversight of Vivarium Operations. Supporting core facilities include small animal imaging, a transgenic production facility, isolator housing units and comprehensive surgical facilities. |