Lab Animal
32, 7 (2003)
doi:10.1038/laban0803-34
Strategy for Controlling Noise and Vibration During Renovation of an Animal FacilityThomas J. Sobotka PhD1, Susan Harper DVM, MS, DACLAM, DACVPM1, Joseph Hanig PhD2
& Martin Robl DVM, PhD11
Sobotka, Harper, and Robl are affiliated with the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment, Laurel, MD 20708. 2
Hanig is affiliated with the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of Pharmaceutical Science OPS, Laurel, MD 20708.
Correspondence should be addressed to Thomas J. Sobotka PhD Please send reprint requests to Sobotka at FDA/CFSAN/OARSA, 8301 Muirkirk Rd., Laurel, MD20708, or email: .The noise level in an animal facility is an important environmental variable that can adversely affect animal welfare, as well as experimental data. The authors describe the strategy they used to record, evaluate, and control excess noise and vibration during a period of renovation, while maintaining the operation of a research facility.
|
