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departmental animal facilities, under the jurisdiction of the 
department heads. Two others have centralized facilities 
managed by a veterinarian trained in laboratory animal medicine. 
Finally, one laboratory operates two geographically separate 
animal facilities which have no evident administrative connec- 
tion. 
Only three dental schools are included in this study. 
Two of these maintain separate departmental animal quarters and 
the third utilizes the animal care facilities of its affiliated 
medical school. 
Section III - Personnel and Training 
Research workers in all of the institutions surveyed 
have accepted the concept that proper care of laboratory ani- 
mals is essential to the success of their investigations. They 
recognize that the adequacy of animal care is determined by the 
competence and training of responsible professional and non- 
professional personnel. Accordingly, investigators are support- 
ing efforts by national professional and scientific organizations 
to promote a more adequate career opportunity for these 
personnel. 
In the experience of the site visitors, the present 
overall performance of animal care is greatly superior to that 
practiced as recently as 5-10 years ago. In many of the insti- 
tutions professional personnel with excellent training and ex- 
perience now direct or supervise animal care; the training of 
animal technicians has improved, and this has resulted in im- 
proved sanitary conditions, disease control, and better handling 
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