Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
Online ISSN : 1347-7439
Print ISSN : 0916-7250
ISSN-L : 0916-7250
Earthquake Damage to a Laboratory Animal Facility
Masakazu TAKESHITATadashi KANAYAMAMasato SUMATahiti HIROHARA
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1997 Volume 59 Issue 1 Pages 63-65

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Our seven-storey laboratory animal facility was damaged during the 1995 earthquake of magnitude 7.2. The seismic intensity experienced at our facility was estimated to be around 5 on the Japanese version of the Richter scale (a very strong shock). However, no damage was sustained to the water, gas or electricity supplies. In many of the offices, the upper drawers of the steel cabinets fell to the floor. In the animal-rooms, while the floor-fixed cage-racks were hardly damaged, most of the movable cage-racks were dislodged by the shocks. We describe here our countermeasures, including those taken prior to the earthquake.

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© 1997 by the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

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