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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817561803321

Titolo

International perspectives : the future of nonhuman primate resources : proceedings of the workshop held April 17-19, 2002 / / Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2003

ISBN

0-309-16715-9

1-282-08152-7

9786612081521

0-309-52663-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Disciplina

636.98

Soggetti

Primates as laboratory animals

Animal rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Use of Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research in India: Current Status and Future Prospects--A. J. Rao, PhD""""Initiative for Primate Resources, Biomedical Research, and Conservation in Nepal--Mukesh K. Chalise, PhD, MSc""; ""Chinese Primate Status and Primate Captive Breeding for Biomedical Research in China--Zhiyong Fan, MS, and Yanling Song""; ""The Breeding of Naturally Occurring B Virus-free Cynomolgus Monkeys ( Macaca fascicularis) on the Island of Mauritius--Mary Ann Stanley, BSc""

""Primates for 21st Century Biomedicine: The St. Kitts Vervet ( Chlorocebus aethiops, SK)--Frank Ervin, MD, and Roberta Palmour""""Session 1: Panel Discussion""; ""Session 2 Conservation and Supply, Part 2""; ""Nonhuman Primates in Preclinical Research: The EU Situation--Gerhard Hunsmann, MD""; ""Providing Investigators and Vaccine Producers with Laboratory Primates in the Russian Federation--Boris A. Lapin, PhD, MD""; ""Nonhuman Primate Resource Needs: A Moving Target--Jerry Robinson, PhD, and Greg Beattie, MSc, D.A.B.T.""

""Center for the Breeding and Conservation of Primates of the Peruvian



Primatology Project--Enrique Montoya, DVM""""Session 2: Panel Discussion""; ""Session 3 Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates""; ""Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates--Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, NRC""; ""Session 4 Genetics""; ""Nonhuman Primates in Genetic Research on Common Diseases--John L. VandeBerg, PhD, and Sarah Williams-Blangero, PhD""

""Genetic Considerations in the Management of Captive Nonhuman Primates--Sarah Williams-Blangero, PhD, and John L. VandeBerg, PhD*""""Influence of MHC Gene Products on Immune Control of AIDS Virus Infection: Consideration for Use in Nonhuman- Primate Resources--Thomas C. Friedrich, BS, and David I. Watkins, PhD""; ""Indian- and Chinese-origin Rhesus Macaques for AIDS-related Research: Comparison of Vaginal Transmission Efficiency of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), Viral Loads, and Virusspecific Antibody Responses--Marta L. Marthas, PhD, Ding Lu, M. C. T. Pened""

""Session 4: Panel Discussion""