Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research. Biology and Management. Edition No. 2. American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine Volume 1

Table of Contents

Volume 1: Biology and Management

History

Laws, Regulations and Policies

Taxonomy of Nonhuman Primates Used in Biomedical Research in the U.S.

Functional Morphology

Study of Primate Social Behavior

Behavioral Management, Enrichment and Psychological Well-being of Laboratory Nonhuman Primates

Behavioral Disorders

Reproduction and Breeding in Nonhuman Primates

Laboratory Primate Housing

Nutrition

Animal Identification and Record Keeping: Current Practice and Use

Preventative Medicine

Clinical techniques

Surgery

Emergency Medicine and Critical Care

Primates In Transplantation Biology and Xenotransplantation

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Biosafety

Nonhuman Primates in Safety and Efficacy Evaluation

Authors

Christian R. Abee University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative, Medicine and Research, Bastrop, Texas, U.S.A.. Keith Mansfield Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research,Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.. Keith Mansfield is Associate Director for Resource and Collaborative Affairs and Chair, Division of Primate Resources, New England National Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Southborough, US. His research focuses on primarily on the recognition of spontaneously occurring infectious diseases of nonhuman primates and their development into novel animal models to investigate disease pathogenesis. Suzette D. Tardif Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies, San Antonio, TX USA. Suzette D. Tardif, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of Research at the Southwest National Primate Research Center. She is an adjunct faculty of The Barshop Institute. The Tardif laboratory's activities center on the development of the marmoset monkey as a disease model. Dr. Tardiff is a past-President of the American Society of Primatologists. Timothy Morris The School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, The University of Nottingham, Leicestershire, UK.