b. Attachment 1 Large Animal (Swine, Canine) Transport Cart Specifications.pdf
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This document is a specification sheet for a Large Animal (Swine, Canine) Transport Cart required by DLAR (Department of Laboratory Animal Resources).
DLAR seeks a new swine transport cage to replace obsolete equipment nearing end-of-life. The primary objectives are to facilitate easy access in small vivarium rooms for animal health assessments, support new swine protocols, and standardize equipment across facilities to reduce staff training and improve compatibility. The transport cart must safely accommodate large animals during weekly shipments, allowing them to stand, turn around, and lie down comfortably. A critical design constraint is the 24-inch door opening in animal housing cages, requiring the transport cart to fit through this width restriction and address limited storage space.
The specified transport cart features nominal overall dimensions of 29.250" W × 56.610" D × 44.310" H with internal dimensions of 28.000" W × 48.000" D × 32.000" H. Key components include upper side panels with 2" × 2" wire grid pattern (8-gauge) and lower solid stainless steel sheets (20-gauge); one guillotine-style front door assembly per end with 3/4" square tube frame, 18-gauge door, and reinforced locking pins; 26-inch wide fold-down ramps with Duradek surface and top-mounted handles per end; a removable, hinged, locking top panel; 1-inch diameter push handle (18-gauge tubing); Duradek flooring; removable stainless steel excreta pan; four 5-inch stainless steel plate-mounted casters (two swivel with brakes, two rigid without brakes) featuring 45-degree Zerk fittings and phenolic wheels. The transport cage must be autoclavable.
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Large Animal (Swine, Canine) Transport Cart
Background:
DLAR has multiple swine transport vendor’s suppliers and each are tailored for each PI husbandry needs. The department has a lot of obsolete animal transport equipment that are near its life expectancy and cannot be taken out of service yet due to the current research mission. The new swine transport cages will provide easy access around our smallest rooms in the vivarium for assessing the animal health and husbandry needs. The department needs new swine transport cages for current and future PI needs.
DLAR is exploring options of sharing resources in both vivarium and have the same equipment.
This will reduce training of staff and increase compatibility of equipment.
With weekly shipments of large animals arriving to DLAR, these transport cages will provide a safe environment to transport the animals to their final housing location. There are new swine protocols that will support animal research needs. With the expected animal weight ranges, these transport cages will be large enough for animals to stand, turn around, and lie down comfortably during the transport.
Due to lack of DLAR storage space and getting animals off the transport vehicle and small 24” door opening in animal housing cage, the large animal transport cart must accommodate these width restrictions.
Specifications:
These dimensions listed below are ideal; however, we’ll consider other specifications that are reasonably close:
NOMINAL OVERALL DIMENSIONS 29.250" W X 56.610" D X 44.310" H
NOMINAL INTERNAL DIMENSIONS 28.000" W X 48.000" D X 32.000" H
SIDE PANELS; UPPER SECTION 2" X 2” (8G) WIRE GRID PATTERN, RIM, .375
DIAMETER, LOWER SECTION SOLID STAINLESS STEEL SHEET, WRAP AROUND
DESIGN, 20G
1 EACH END GUILLOTINE STYLE FRONT DOOR ASSEMBLY, FRAME IS 3/4” SQUARE
TUBE, WITH .375 DIAMETER ROD DESIGN, 18G DOOR WITH MULTIPLE LOCKING
LOCATIONS; 2 REINFORCED LOCKING PINS LOCATED AT BOTTOM, VERTICAL
DOOR GUIDES WITH REINFORCED KEEPERS, CARDHOLDER WITH BACKPLATE,
HANDLE AT TOP
1 EACH END 26.000" WIDE FOLD DOWN RAMP, STAINLESS STEEL FRAME, WITH T-
3500 1.000” DURADEK DESIGN. TOP MOUNTED HANDLE WITH BUMPERS
TOP PANEL, REMOVABLE, HINGED, LOCKING, REINFORCED ROD DESIGN
1 EACH PUSH HANDLE- 1” DIAMETER TUBING, 18G
1 EACH DURADEK FLOOR
1 EACH REMOVABLE STAINLESS STEEL EXCRETA PAN WITH HANDLE
4 EACH, 5" STAINLESS STEEL, PLATE MOUNTED CASTERS, 2W/ BRAKES; SWIVEL , 2
W/O BRAKES; RIGID, ALL WITH 45 DEGREE ZERK FITTING, PHENOLIC WHEEL
THE TRANSPORT CAGE MUST BE AUTOCLAVABLIE
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