of the Shared ResourceThe Animal Resources Center (ARC) provides a comprehensive, centralized animal care program in support oflaboratory animal research at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The ARC supports the research of 56Cancer Center members in five programs by providing specialized housing and animal care, diagnosticservices, regulatory compliance, rodent breeding colony management, cryopreservation services, training, andprofessional veterinary services related to laboratory animal medicine and science.ARC provides rodent barrier facilities for maintaining specific pathogen-free (SPF) rodents and containmentlaboratories for work with hazardous agents in support of cancer biology research. The services of the ARCShared Resource are crucial to the success of all Cancer Center investigators who need specialized housingand animal research technical services to meet the objectives of their research programs.The animal care program at St. Jude is fully accredited by the Association for the Assessment andAccreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International. The last accreditation site visit was conducted August3-4, 2006. St. Jude is registered with the U.S Department of Agriculture (63-R-0007) as a research facility andhas an assurance statement (Assurance No. A3077-01) on file with the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare atthe NIH.
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