title: Developing and maintaining a surgical research program: surgical suite design.
abstract: When building or renovating a laboratory animal facility, one must consider the requirements of the surgery program. The authors outline the critical considerations for designing a large-animal surgical suite.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Surgical Services, Division of Comparative Medicine, Box 8061, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talcott
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corey
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D007756:Laboratory Animal Science / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009873:Operating Rooms