Discussion on the Construction Experience of Laboratory Animal Facilities in Universities and Research Institutes

Abstract

Laboratory animal facilities, as the main place for animal raising and experiment, have strict requirements on environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, pressure, noise, air cleanliness class and ventilation rate. Laboratory animal facilities also have standardized management requirements for personnel operation, goods and animals entering and leaving the facilities. Based on the construction and management experience of laboratory animal facilities in Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in the past 10 years (2012-2022), we summarized and discussed the experience from design planning to equipment selection, aiming to provide practical reference of the construction of experimental animal facilities to universities and research institutes.

Keywords

• animal facility
• construction
• management
• practice