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Additional small animal rooms 7 
Dog kennels and exercise areas 8 
Additional space for breeding of dogs 2 
Space for maintenance of pathogen- free 
animals 3 
Experimental dog surgeries 4 
Quarantine and animal treatment rooms 10 
Space for animal disease diagnosis 3 
Remodeling of existing facilities 12 
Section IX - Recommendations 
The recommendations that follow are based on the find- 
ings summarized in this report, and on the opinions of the site 
visitors regarding the further progress of laboratory animal care. 
1. Professional direction of animal care facilities - 
In an institution providing animal care services on a cen- 
tralized basis, the administration of this department is 
best vested in an individual professionally qualified in 
laboratory animal medicine. In addition to his primary 
responsibility for directing animal care activities, 
this person should also serve as a consultant to the 
professional staff on laboratory animal problems, teach 
in areas in which he has professional or academic com- 
petence, and engage in appropriate research. In academic 
institutions the director should qualify as a member of 
the faculty, rather than serve merely as an administrator 
without academic status. In small institutions this res- 
ponsibility may, of necessity, be given over to a part- 
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