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Proceedings of the 4th National Symposium on Biosafety

Working Safely with Research Animals

January 27-31, 1996
Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta, GA

Jonathan Y. Richmond, PhD, editor


Vision | Mission | Steering Committee | Preface | Speakers

CONTENTS


Vision

Safe and reproducible research: healthy animals, healthy people.

Mission

Provide a forum to stimulate an exchange of ideas and information that promotes the identification of hazards, assessment of risks, and implementation of measures to ensure the health and safety of personnel and animals. This 4th National Symposium on Biosafety, “Working Safely with Research Animals,” represents the next step in the natural progress of information exchange, evolving from discussions within the Interagency Research Animal Committee (IRAC) to the development of an Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR) Report on Occupational Health and Safety in the Care and USE of Research Animals, and now to this Symposium.

Steering Committee

Preface

The 4th National Symposium on Biosafety: Working Safely with Research Animals was held in Atlanta during January 1996, with over 500 persons attending. This Proceedings, a compilation of the various addresses, presentations, and discussions offered during the Symposium, represent state-of-the-art thinking on a wide variety of issues related to the health and safety of people and the animals with which they are entrusted.

It is not coincidental that this meeting took place at this time. The Sponsors of this Symposium recognized the interdependence of governmental agencies, professional societies, academia, commercial interests, and the people dedicated to working with research animals.

I encourage you to complete your library of related publications with copies of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (ILAR), Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (CDC/NIH), and the soon-to-be-published Occupational Health and Safety and the Care and Use of Research Animals (ILAR).

This Symposium was sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Health and Safety; Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (ILAR); National Institutes of Health, Office for Protection from Research Risks (OPRR); American Biological Safety Association (ABSA); Emory University School of Medicine; Yerke’s Primate Center; University of Georgia (UGA). Associate sponsors were: Morehouse School of Medicine; Merck and Company, Inc.; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service; Lab Animal, a Nature Publication; American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC); American Society for Laboratory Animal Practitioners (ASLAP); American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM); American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS); and Association of Primate Veterinarians (APV).

Jonathan Y. Richmond, Ph.D.
Symposium Chairperson

CONTENTS

Speakers

  • James A. Alford, Jr.
    Manager, Administrative Services
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    University of Michigan , Room 4544 MSRB-I
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109
    313-747-4763
  • Jon Allan, DVM
    Scientist, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
    Department of Virology and Immunology
    7620 NW Loop 410 at Military Drive
    San Antonio, TX 78228
    210-670-3275
  • Lynn Anderson
    Director Lab Animal Research
    Merck Research Labs
    PO Box 2000, R80M-160
    Rahway, NJ 07065-0900
    908-584-6179
  • Ali Azadegan, DVM, PhD
    Facility Veterinarian/Microbiologist
    Veterinary Resources Program, NCRR/NIH
    Bldg. 28A, Room 111, 9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, MD 20892
    301-496-9188
  • W. Emmett Barkley, PhD
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute
    4000 Jones Bridge Road
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815
    301-215-8825 (8828)
  • Rebecca Bascom, MD, MPH
    University of Maryland
    10 South Pine Street
    Room 800
    Baltimore, MD 21201
    410-706-2169
  • B. Taylor Bennett, DVM, PhD
    Director, Biologic Resources Laboratory
    University of Illinois at Chicago
    Biologic Resources Lab M/C 533
    1840 W. Taylor Street
    Chicago, IL 60612-7348
    312-996-1221
  • Roger Broderson, DVM, PhD
    Office of the Vice President for Research
    The University of Georgia
    608 Graduate Studies Research Center
    Athens, GA 30602-7411
    706-542-5933
  • Bobby Brown, DVM
    Animal Resources Branch
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-630-1320
  • Louisa Chapman, MD
    Medical Epidemiologist
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-1028
  • Murray L. Cohen, PhD, MPH, CIH
    Chief, Medical Device Evaluation Lab
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road (MS-CO1)
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-3821
  • William C. Cole, DVM
    Associate Director, Laboratory Animal Resources
    Merck & Co., Inc.
    PO Box 4, WP44-201
    West Point, PA 19486-0004
    215-652-6708
  • William Crouse, MS, CIH, CSP
    Dept of Experimental Pathology and Toxicology
    Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
    6 Davis Drive
    Research Triangle Park, NC 27707
    919-558-1267
  • Thomas Darby
    Lab Products, Inc.
    3606 Ridgebriar Dr.
    Dallas, TX 75234
  • Ralph B. Dell, MD
    Professor Pediatrics
    College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University
    630 W. 168th St.
    New York, NY 10032
    212-305-2404
  • Helen E. Diggs, DVM
    Director, Office Laboratory Animal Care
    University of California at Berkeley
    Northwest Animal Facility, Room 203 B
    Berkeley, CA 94720-7150
    510-642-9232
  • David Dreesen, MPVM
    Medical Microbiology
    Rm 346, College of Veterinary Medicine
    University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30602-1386
    706-542-4979
  • Jeff Everitt, DVM
    Staff Scientist II
    Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
    P.O. Box 12137, 6 Davis Drive
    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
    919-558-1267
  • Martin S. Favero, PhD
    Director
    Hospital Infections Program
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road MS A-07
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-6401
  • Jay A. Fishman, MD
    Associate Chief and Clinical Director
    Transplantation Infectious Disease Unit
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    149-13th Street
    Charlestown, MA 02129
    617-726-5772
  • James Fox, DVM
    Professor and Director
    Division of Comparative Medicine
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    77 Massachusetts Ave., 45-106
    Cambridge, MA 02139
    617-253-1757
  • Nelson Garnett, DVM
    OD/OER/OPER/DAW
    31 Center Drive MSC 2180
    Bethesda, MD 20892-2180
  • Peter Gerone, PhD
    Tulane Regional Primate Research Center
    Tulane University Medical Center
    18703 Three Rivers Road
    Covington, LA 70433
    504-892-2040
  • Janet C. Gonder, DVM, PhD
    Director, Division of Comparative Medicine
    Baxter Healthcare Corporation
    Baxter Technology Park, WG2-2S
    Round Lake, IL 60073
    708-270-5455
  • Richard Green
    Office of Health and Safety
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road F05
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-2145
  • Julia Hilliard, PhD
    Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
    PO Box 28147
    San Antonio, TX 78228-0147
    210-6674-1410
  • Michael Huerkamp, DVM
    President, Southeastern Branch AALAS
    Division of Animal Resources
    G81 Rollins Research Center
    Emory University
    Atlanta, GA 30322
  • Richard Huneke, DVM, MPH
    Divisional Director of Veterinary Services
    Washington University
    Campus Box 8061, 660 S. Euclid Avenue
    St Louis, MO 63110-1093
    314-362-3700
  • Julie Hurley, PhD
    Cornell Veterinary College
    Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
    607-253-3510
  • Gregg Kasting, MD
    Medical Director, Occupational Health Clinic
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road, MS A-29
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-3385
  • Christopher S. King, DVM
    Director of Animal Resources
    College of Arts and Sciences
    C126 Life Sciences Bldg.
    The University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30602-7228
    706-542-6084
  • Hilton Klein, Director, Lab Animal Resources
    Merck Research Laboratories
    Merck & Co., Inc.
    PO Box 4, WP44-201
    West Point, PA 19486
    215-652-6232
  • Sarah Knowlton
    Office of Legal Counsel
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Rd, MS C05
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-3428
  • Richard Knudsen, PhD
    Chief, Biosafety Branch, OHS
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road, MS F05
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-3238
  • Jodie Kulpa, DVM
    Veterinary Medical Officer
    USDA APHIS, Animal Care
    501 East Polk St., Room 820
    Tampa, FL 33602-3945
    813-225-7690
  • Ronald E. Larson
    Director, Toxicology Operations
    Corning Hazleton Inc.
    PO Box 7545
    3301 Kinsman Blvd
    Madison, WI 53707
    608-241-7224
  • Franklin M. Loew, DVM, PhD
    Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine
    Cornell University
    Ithaca, NY 14853
    607-253-3771
  • Timothy D. Mandrell, DVM
    Assistant Professor
    Dept. of Comparative Medicine
    University of Tennessee, Memphis
    956 Court, Box 17
    Memphis, TN 38163
    901-448-5656
  • Linda Martin, PhD
    Director, NIOSH
    HIV Activity
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Road, F40
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-1530
  • Michael McElvaine, DVM, PhD
    USDA
    1325 13 Street NW, No. 32
    Washington, DC 20005
  • Marian Michaels, MD, MPH
    Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
    Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
    3705 Fifth Avenue
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583
    412-692-7232
  • Charles Miller, DVM, PhD
    Medical Toxicology
    California EPA
    4221 Strickland Mine Street
    Placerville, CA 95667
    916-324-3474
  • Michael Mispagel, PhD
    College of Veterinary Medicine
    The University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30607-7411
    706-542-5933
  • Robert J. Mullan, MD
    Medical Officer
    NIOSH/CDC
    1600 Clifton Road, F-40
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-2377
  • Christian E. Newcomer, VMD
    Director and Research Associate Professor
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    CB #7115; B-12 Berryhill Hall
    Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7115
    919-966-3113
  • Stephanie R. Ostrowski, DVM, MPVM
    Veterinary Epidemiologist
    Division of Quarantine
    NCID CDC E03
    1600 Clifton Road
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-8108
  • Clarence J. Peters, MD
    Special Pathogens Branch
    NCID/ CDC A26
    1600 Clifton Road
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-1511
  • Cynthia L. Pond, DVM, MS
    Senior Assistance Officer, Division of Animal Welfare
    Office for Protection from Research Risks, NIH
    6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 3B01, MSC 7507
    Rockville, MD 20892-7507
    301-496-7163
  • Scott Price, DVM
    REAC Veterinarian
    USDA-APHIS-REAC
    4324 Rudy Lane
    Louisville, KY 40207
    502-894-8182
  • Fred Quimby, VMD, PhD
    Professor, Pathology
    Cornell Veterinary College
    Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
    607-253-3510
  • Jonathan Y. Richmond, PhD
    Director, Office of Health and Safety
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    1600 Clifton Rd. FO5
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    404-639-2453
  • James Romano, LTC, MS, PhD
    Chief, Drug Assessment Division
    HQ: Medical Research & Material Command
    Attn: MCMR-PLD
    Ft. Detrick, MD 21702-5014
  • Daryl E. Rowe, Dr. P.H.
    Coordinator of Biosafety
    The University of Georgia
    V.P. for Research, Boyd Graduate Studies Research Ctr.
    Athens, GA 30602-7411
    706-542-0110
  • Harry Rozmiarek, DVM, PhD
    Professor & Chief, Laboratory Animal Medicine, University Veterinarian
    University of Pennsylvania
    100 Blockley Hall
    Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021
    215-898-9026
  • Douglas D. Sharpnack, DVM
    Chief Laboratory Animal Veterinarian
    Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Science
    NIOSH
    M/S PO3/C26
    4676 Columbia Parkway
    Cincinnati, OH 45226
    513-533-8122
  • Jerald Silverman, DVM
    Assistant Vice President, Research Animal Facility
    Medical College of Pennsylvania & Hahnemann University
    MS-436, Broad & Vine Sts.
    Philadelphia, PA 19102
    215-762-7970
  • David Smith, PhD
    Deputy Director Occupational Safety and Community Health, Code 6
    890 Wisconsin Avenue
    Bethesda, MD 20889
    301-295-5603
  • Nicholas Sojka, DVM, MS
    University of Virginia School of Medicine
    Jordan Hall, Box 450
    Charlottesville, VA 22908
    908-924-8016
  • Rees Thomas, PhD
    President
    Rees Scientific
    1007 Whitehead Road Ext.
    Trenton, NJ 08638
    609-530-1055
  • Stephen Torrey, MD, MPH
    Head, Safety and Health
    Armed Forces Radiobiology Institute
    8901 Wisconsin Avenue
    Bethesda, MD 20889-5603
    301-295-1285
  • William J. White, VMD, MS
    Senior Director, Professional Services
    Charles River Laboratories
    251 Ballardvale Street
    Wilmington, MA 01887
    508-658-6000, x1347
  • Tom Wolfe, DVM
    Director, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
    2102 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, DC 20418
    202-334-2595

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