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14. Training opportunities for animal technicians - 
Several training programs for nonprofessional laboratory 
animal personnel have been offered in the United States. 
However, these courses are not yet reaching the majority 
of the persons involved in the day to day operation of 
experimental animal colonies. The availability of 
these programs should be increased greatly. 
15 . Career opportunities for animal technicians - 
Concomitant with the increased insistence upon training, 
the vocation of animal technology should be upgraded. 
The modern "animal technician" is not the old time 
"laboratory diener" or the modem "janitor." The same 
prestige accorded those in the field of medical tech- 
nology should be given to laboratory animal technicians; 
and their salaries should be commensurate with the 
knowledge and skills demanded of them. 
16. Responsibility of investigators and administrators - 
These recommendations can be realized only if there is 
enlightened recognition, by research workers and insti- 
tutional administrators, of the importance of the care 
of experimental animals to modem biomedical investiga- 
tion. 
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