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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

The National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 2003

Program Committee

John L VandeBerg, PhD (Chair), Southwest Foundation for Biomedical
Research, San Antonio, Texas
Christian R. Abee, DVM, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
Janet C. Gonder, DVM, PhD, Consultant, Pinehurst, North Carolina
Hilton J. Klein, VMD, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania
William R. Morton, VMD, Washington National Primate Research Center, 
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Emilie F. Rissman, PhD, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
William S. Stokes, DVM, National Institute of Environmental Health 
Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
John G. Vandenbergh, PhD, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North 
Carolina

STAFF
Joanne Zurlo, PhD, Director, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research
Charlotte Kirk Baer, MS, Director, Board on Agriculture and Natural 
Resources
Marsha Barrett, Project Assistant
Kathleen Beil, Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Obernier, Program Officer
Susan Vaupel, Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER    1
Primate Priorities-An International Perspective    3
John P. Hearn

SESSION 1: CONSERVATION AND SUPPLY, PART 1    11
Sustainable Utilization of Kenyan Nonhuman Primates for Biomedical and 
Conservation Research    13
Jason M. Mwenda

Supply and Use of Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: A South African 
Perspective    16
Jurgen Seier

Sustainable Primate Resources Through SPF Breeding
Programs in Indonesia    20
Joko Pamungkas and Dondin Sajuthi

Use of Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research in India:
Current Status and Future Prospects    21
A. J. Rao

Initiative for Primate Resources, Biomedical Research, and
Conservation in Nepal    29
Mukesh K. Chalise

Chinese Primate Status and Primate Captive Breeding for
Biomedical Research in China    36
Zhiyong Fan and Yanling Song

The Breeding of Naturally Occurring B Virus-free Cynomolgus Monkeys (Macaca 
fascicularis) on the Island of Mauritius    46
Mary Ann Stanley

Primates for 21st Century Biomedicine: The St. Kitts Vervet (Chlorocebus 
aethiops, SK)    49
Frank Ervin and Roberta Palmour
SESSION 1: PANEL DISCUSSION    54

SESSION 2: CONSERVATION AND SUPPLY, PART 2    61
Nonhuman Primates in Preclinical Research: The EU Situation    63
Gerhard Hunsman

Providing Investigators and Vaccine Producers with Laboratory Primates in 
the Russian Federation    69
Boris A. Lapin

Nonhuman Primate Resource Needs: A Moving Target    72
Jerry Robinson and Greg Beattie

Center for the Breeding and Conservation of Primates of the Peruvian 
Primatology Project    81
Enrique Montoya

SESSION 2: PANEL DISCUSSION    91

SESSION 3: NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES    97
Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates    99
Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture and
Natural Resources, NRC

SESSION 4: GENETICS    105
Nonhuman Primates in Genetic Research on Common Diseases    107
John L. VandeBerg and Sarah Williams-Blangero

Genetic Considerations in the Management of
Captive Nonhuman Primates    114
Sarah Williams-Blangero and John L. VandeBerg

Influence of MHC Gene Products on Immune Control of AIDS Virus Infection: 
Consideration for Use in Nonhuman Primate Resources    122
Thomas C. Friedrich and David I. Watkins

Indian- and Chinese-origin Rhesus Macaques for AIDS-related
Research: Comparison of Vaginal Transmission Efficiency of
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), Viral Loads, and
Virus-specific Antibody Responses    128
Marta L. Marthas, Ding Lu, M. C. T. Penedo,
Andrew G. Hendrickx, and Christopher J. Miller
SESSION 4: PANEL DISCUSSION    131

SESSION 5: MICROBIOLOGY    141
Microbiological Problems in Nonhuman Primates Used in Research    143
Gary Baskin

Nonhuman Primate Importation and Quarantine:
United States, 1981-2001    149
Tom DeMarcus

Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Nonhuman Primates    156
S.L. Motzel, R.D. Schachner, R.W. Kornegay, M.A. Fletcher, B. Kanaya, J.A. 
Gomez, D.T-W Ngai, W.J. Pouch, M. V. Washington, L.A. Handt, J.L. Wagner, 
and H.J. Klein

Specific Pathogen-free Rhesus Macaques    160
Keith Mansfield
SESSION 5: PANEL DISCUSSION    174


SESSION 6: TRANSPORTATION    179
OLAW Perspective on Transportation of Nonhuman Primates    179
Nelson Garnett

Transportation of Primates and the Animal Welfare Act    183
Jerry DePoyster

International Transportation of Nonhuman Primates:
US Fish and Wildlife Service Perspective    187
Michael Kreger and Monica Farris

The Toronto Zoo    193
William A. Rapley

Chinese Macaques-East Meets West    197
C. K. Hsu and Ruishen Jia
SESSION 6: PANEL DISCUSSION    200

SESSION 7: UNRESOLVED ISSUES    207
SESSION 7: PANEL DISCUSSION    209

CONFERENCE SUMMARY    229
William R. Morton

APPENDIX A: INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES:
THE FUTURE OF NONHUMAN PRIMATE RESOURCES PROGRAM    237

APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS    243

APPENDIX C: COMMITTEE BIOS    247

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Posted Date: 8/19/2003

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