The Animal Resource and Clinical Core, together with its main component, the Animal Records ReviewCommittee (ARRC), is that part of the Program Project which is responsible for (1) screening the Yerkesrhesus population in order to select and purchase animals for inclusion in the Program; (2) monitoring thoseanimals throughout the conduct of the project to ensure their continuing suitability. The Core will review thehealth records of all animals prior to entry into the both the cross-sectional and longitudinal study todetermine if they meet the selection criteria developed jointly by staff members of the NIA and the ProgramProject. It will also review the health status of all monkeys in the Program on a regular basis to insure thattheir continued use by the Program Project is appropriate. The Core will be responsible for the decision toterminate an animal promptly should medical or health conditions warrant; (3) To review results of thepostmortem autopsies and pathological surveys to determine whether occult problems, whose nature wouldwarrant exclusion from the data analysis, were present; (4) To ensure prompt, thorough, and efficient accessto all records required in the work of the Core, and to disseminate the decisions of the Core to the remainingscientific personnel of the Program Project; (5) To assign animals to behavioral testing, and to coordinatescheduling of MRI scans and physical examinations in a timely manner.
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