This is a two-part training video produced by the Office of Animal Care and Use of the National Institutes of Health. In the first section, the dangers of working with non-human primates and the protective measures that should be taken are discussed. The importance of protective clothing, hand washing, proper sharps procedures, supervisory responsibility and common sense behavior when near the animal enclosures is emphasized. The second section deals with the normal primate behaviors of the New World and Old World primates commonly used in research, and especially the behaviors exhibited when threatened. Some of the species shown are the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) and rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta). Among the behaviors shown are: facial expressions including yawn, open mouth threat and eyebrow movement; knucklewalking; eating and vocalizations. Produced and contributed by the Office of Animal Care and Use, National Institutes of Health. Phone: 1-301-496-5424. PHYSDES: VHS; col.; sd.; 10 min.: 1999. HOW TO ORDER/OBTAIN Copies can be ordered from the Office of Animal Care [See phone number above--available free (we think) on request] Alternatively, this videotape (VT 0673), can be borrowed (with service fee) from the WRPRC. Contact Joanne Brown (brown@primate.wisc.edu), Head of Technical Services, Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center Library and Information Service, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Fax: 1-608-263-4031
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