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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.
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Talcott, M., Corey, M. Developing and Maintaining a Surgical Research Program: Surgical Suite Design. Lab Anim 33, 28–33 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0604-28
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