This project provides a broadly based resource designed to enhance the integrity of animal experimentation and advance the science of laboratory animal medicine by: 1. Improving the quality of animal research at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) through a sound professional program of clinical laboratory animal and medicine/animal health evaluation/disease control. 2. Identifying and characterizing animal diseases that are useful models of human disorders. 3. Characterizing spontaneous diseases of laboratory animals, and improving methods to detect and control those diseases that complicate biomedical research. 4. Providing educational and training programs in animal experimentation for veterinarians training in Laboratory Animal Medicine/Comparative Pathology, graduate students in the biomedical sciences, veterinary students and biomedical research technicians.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Animal (Mammalian and Nonmammalian) Model, and Animal and Biological Material Resource Grants (P40)
Project #
5P40RR000463-21
Application #
3103298
Study Section
Animal Resources Advisory Committee (AR)
Project Start
1980-12-01
Project End
1990-11-30
Budget Start
1988-12-01
Budget End
1989-11-30
Support Year
21
Fiscal Year
1989
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Alabama Birmingham
Department
Type
School of Medicine & Dentistry
DUNS #
004514360
City
Birmingham
State
AL
Country
United States
Zip Code
35294