Summarize the nature of the animal population and the predominant types of clinical activities | U of C has 6 central animal facilities (info below) and 6 satellite facilities (mostly aquatics) with total square footage of ~139,000 sq. ft.
Gordon Center for Integrative Science is a 21,261 NSF mouse barrier facility equipped with 5 housing suites and a cage wash facility. Each suite contains 1-2 procedure rooms and 3-4 animal housing rooms. There is also an irradiator room and the facility houses the Transgenic Mouse Production Core.
Howard T Ricketts Regional Biocontainment Laboratory is an off-site 13,111 NSF ABSL3 Select Agent rodent vivarium with a cage wash facility, 6 animal holding rooms, two procedure rooms, an aerosol exposure room, and a tissue processing/necropsy room. Mice, guinea pigs, and rats are housed in this facility.
Carlson Animal Research Facility is a two floor 49,666 NSF facility with a 3,000 NSF receiving facility and houses rodents and large animal species. It contains an ABSL2 containment facility, a USDA species surgical facility, a rodent quarantine facility, and a cage wash facility. iSAIRR Imaging Suite holds the Integrated Small Animal Imaging Research Resource Facility which mostly rodent imaging modalities such as MRI, Xenogen IVIS 200 Imaging System, a MicroPET/SPECT/CT, and rodent ultrasound.
Culver is a 2,525 NSF facility housing a variety of non-traditional species such as birds and fish. It contains 7 animal rooms and a cage wash area. The facility houses zebra finch and starlings, zebrafish and other fish species (occasionally present).
Biopsychology Research Building is a 9,653 NSF vivarium with rooms for rats, hamsters, zebra finch and mice. The vivarium is equipped with a cage wash facility and multiple procedural rooms designed for behavioral studies.
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery is a 22,291 NSF rodent barrier facility with 30 animal housing rooms, 14 procedure rooms, and a cage wash facility. In addition to general mouse housing, it houses the Gnotobiotic Research Animal Facility. The Gnotobiotic Research Animal Facility currently occupies 12 rooms and currently has over 100 isolators. There are separate rooms to allow some isolators to be on an alternate light cycle for specific research studies. Four autoclaves and materials processing area are located within and dedicated to the facility.
Carlson Animal Research Facility is a two floor 49,666 NSF facility with a 3,000 NSF receiving facility and houses rodents and large animal species. It contains an ABSL2/3 containment facility, a USDA species surgical facility, a rodent quarantine facility, and a cage wash facility. Located within this facility are portions of the Integrated Small Animal Imaging Research Resource Facility which mostly rodent imaging modalities such as MRI, Xenogen IVIS 200 Imaging System, a MicroPET/SPECT/CT and rodent ultrasound.
Culver is a 2,525 NSF facility housing a variety of non-traditional species such as birds and fish. It contains 7 animal rooms and a cage wash area. The facility houses zebra finch and starlings, zebrafish and other fish species (occasionally present).
Biopsychology Research Building is a 9,653 NSF vivarium with rooms for rats, hamsters, zebra finch and mice. The vivarium is equipped with a cage wash facility and multiple procedural rooms designed for behavioral studies. Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery is a 22,291 NSF rodent barrier facility with 30 animal housing rooms, 14 procedure rooms, and a cage wash facility. In addition to general mouse housing, it houses the Gnotobiotic Research Animal Facility. The Gnotobiotic Research Animal Facility currently occupies 2007 sq. ft. of space divided among 5 room and currently has 47 isolators. There are separate rooms to allow some isolators to be on an alternate light cycle for specific research studies. Average census is 1638 germ free and gnotobiotic mice. An autoclave and materials processing area are located within and dedicated to the facility.
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