INTRODUCTION TO PRIMATOLOGY (Biol. 6996--Introductory Level) Course Coordinator: Sharon File, Associate Professor Department of Bilogy University of Puerto Rico In cooperation with: Matt Kessler,Director Caribbean Primate Research Center P.O. Box 1053 Sabana Seca, PR 00952-4035 Telephone: 1-809-795-4035 Email: 74232.203@compuserve.com BIOLOGY 6996: SEMINAR IN ZOOLOGY: INTRODUCTION TO PRIMATOLOGY BACKGROUND: This course is taught through the Department of Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus. The emphasis of the course is on the rhesus monkey. Course description: Discussion of different topics on the biology (evolution, physiology, anatomy, behavlor and ecology) of a specific group of animals. In this case the group of animals will be non-human primates. Requisitos: Biology 4440 is suggested but not required 2 credits 2 hours of lecture/ week ( TBA but an evening schedule with 2 hours of lecture 1 evening per week is planned) Several Saturday field trips are planned; field trip attendance is strongly encouraged but not required. This is a graduate level course which will be available to undergraduates with permission of the instructor. Upper level undergraduate students in biology and other areas of study are encouraged to enroll. Evaluations: There will be 2 written examinations (a midterm and a final) and a term paper: all three will determine the final grade. The CPRC has an air conditioned passenger van that accommodates about ten people. This can be used for the field trips along with our pickup truck or our personal vehicles that are registered for insurance purposes with the UPR. This course will be coordinated by Dr. Sharon File, Associate professor, Department of Biology (120JGD). Various lecturers will participate. Mainly, the staff and visiting scientists of the Carribean Primate Research Center. Each staff member will lecture in their area of expertise. Several videos will be presented and field trips taken. COURSE OUTLINE: The following is a list of topics that will be discussed. 1. Introduction to primates and a history of primate research in Puerto Rico. Dr. File and Dr. M. Kessler. Director of CPRC. 2. The Caribbean Primate Resarch Center: Current resources and research. will be reviewed by Drs. Kessler and Berard. 3. Taxonomy and embryology of primates. A video. 4. Primate social systems. Dr. Bercovitch and Rhesus macaque behavior and biology ( Video tapes). 5. Socioendocrinology of rhesus macaques reviewed by Drs. Bercovitch and Schwartz. 6. Demography and Epidemiology of the Cayo Santiago Macaques. Dr. Kessler. 7. Skeletal Biology, anatomy and curation. Dr. Turnquist 8. Husbandry-of non-human prlmates and growth development and nutrition. by Drs. Tena and Schwartz. 9. Locomotor behavior of Rhesus monkeys Dr. Dunbar. 10. Metabolism, obesity and carbohydrate metabolism of monkeys. Dr. Schwartz 11. Aging in nonhuman primates. Dr. Kessler, Turnquist and Schwartz. 12. Diseases of primates, bacterial, viral and and parasitic. Drs. File and Tena 13. The use of nonhuman primates in research and in the Aids-related resarch in particular. Dr. Williams. RECOMMENDED READINGS The following books are recommended for the course: Rawlins, R.G., Kessler, M.J. The Cayo Santiago Macaques: History Behavior and Bioloqy. State University of New York Press, Albany. Available in paperback for $14.95 from Cornell University Press, P.O. Box 250, Ithaca, NY 14851 (607) 277-2211 Proceedinqs of the Meetinq to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Monkey Colony. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal Vol. 8 (1), 1989. Available for $20.00 from Yvonne Acosta-Arbona, Managing Editor, P.R.H.S.J., UPR Medical Sciences Campus, G.P.O. Box 5067, San Juan, PR 00936 (809) 758-2525 ext. 1714 Smuts, B.B. et al. (eds.), Primate Societies, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL 60637, approximately $28. In addition to the above books, we will provide reprints or copies of selected articles when deemed appropriate.
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