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few seem to appreciate the value of a"preventive medicine" approach. 
Such an approach should, and would, provide better quality animals; 
far more than buildings and funds are required to improve labora- 
tory animal care. Medically trained personnel and space and equip- 
ment for diagnosis and treatment are also needed. 
Section VII - Budget 
Of the total number of institutions comprising the field 
survey group, only 32 gave information sufficient to determine 
that proportion of the entire research budget utilized in the care 
of animals. The percent of the total research budget allocated 
to professional and non-professional salaries, supplies, equipment 
and operating costs for the animal facility ranged from 1.0% to 
33.3% with an average of 6.76%. (Figure 1). Hie average per- 
centage of research funds available for animal care in 19 medical 
and dental schools was 5.42, while that for 5 veterinary colleges 
was 9.31. 
The same 32 institutions mentioned above were subjectively 
rated by the survey consultants as having a generally "good," 
"fair," or "poor" standard of animal care. Sixteen institutions, 
under these subjective criteria, rated "good," 11 "fair" and 
5 "poor". It is interesting to examine the amounts of the re- 
search funds allotted to animal care services in the three 
categories. For the 16 laboratories considered as "good," the 
funds available for the animal care service averaged 8.4% of the 
research budget. The percentage for "fair" institutions averaged 
5.3%, while those in the "poor" category spent an amount of the 
research funds having a mean of 5.0%. 
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