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ANIMAL RESOURCES 
Federal agencies (N.I.H., N.S.F., U.S.A.F. and 
U.S.N. ), private universities, the City of New 
York Health Research Council, and foundations 
(Figure 1) into a smoothly functioning inter- 
institutional research facility. ^-^ 
The physical plant and operations at LEM- 
SIP have been developed with significant depar- 
tures from pre-existing models of laboratory 
animal housing. The design was based on a set 
of requirements formulated as a result of prior 
experience using primates in biomedical experi- 
mentation. They had to be adapted to the spe- 
cific needs of Nevi^ York's biomedical research 
community and to the scarcity of funds for cap- 
ital investment. The requirements are as fol- 
lovi^s : 
1. Easy accessibility of the animal for han- 
dling. 
2. Greatest possible visibility of the animal 
in the cages for purposes of observation. 
3. Optimal size of animal rooms, which are j 
self-contained to prevent the spread of i 
possible infections between animal rooms. 
4. Maintenance methods that would limit 
spread of possible infections among ani- 
mals within the self-contained animal ; 
rooms. I 
5. Variation of housing methods in conform- ! 
ity with the variable behavior and living j 
habits of various primate species, without, , 
however, assigning anthropomorphic 
traits to primate animals. : 
6. Flexibility of housing space that would be i 
amenable to low-cost transformations | 
whenever required by experimental proto- 
cols, i 
7. Highest possible eflSciency and automation | 
to eliminate routine and repetitious un- | 
skilled and semi-skilled tasks in order to 
GOVERNANCE 
ASSOCIATED MEDICAL SCHOOLS OF 
NEW YORK § NEW JERSEY 
J.Robert Buchanan ,M . D . - President 
John Deitrick, M.D. - Director 
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 
Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., M.D. - Director 
DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC MEDICINE 
Milton Helpern, M.D. - Chairman 
DEANS' COMMITTI 
Frank Glenn, M 
BE ON PRIMATES 
D. - Chairman 
COMMITTEE OF SCIENTISTS FOR THE USE 
OF PRIMATES IN MEDICAL RESEARCH 
Edward I. Goldsmith, M.D. - Chairman 
LEMSIP UTILIZATION COMMITTEE 
Edward I. Goldsmith, M.D. - Chairman 
LABORATORY FOR EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND SURGERY IN PRIMATES 
(LEMSIP] 
J. Moor-Jankowski , M.D. - Director 
GOVERNANCE 
Figure 1. — Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP). 
