NIH-Owned Chimpanzee Research Resource at the SNPRC

该项目的总体目标是维护由NIH拥有的由136只黑猩猩组成的生物医学资源，并对其进行管理，以服务于国家生物医学界的需求。明年这份补充材料的唯一具体目标是维持稳定、健康和明确界定的黑猩猩种群，并协调将黑猩猩从新伊比利亚研究中心搬迁到西南国家灵长类中心。 将目前位于新伊比利亚中心的111只NIH拥有的黑猩猩转移到西南中心，将使NIH拥有的黑猩猩总数达到136只。搬迁详情另行提供。 除了常规饲养，高质量的行为管理和丰富对于满足黑猩猩的社会和认知需求至关重要。西南中心的行为服务项目包括社会化和动物培训、环境丰富、行为管理和工作人员培训。 环境丰富的类别包括社会丰富(与相容的社交伙伴一起居住)、结构丰富(例如，攀爬结构、栖息地)。可操作的丰富(例如，咀嚼玩具和球)、食物丰富(除了丰富专家提供的特殊食物之外，每天增加4倍的水果和蔬菜)、感官丰富(电视、镜子、收音机、新颖气味)和职业丰富(例如，白蚁喂食者和食物谜题)。 行为管理是整个项目的一大部分。在出现行为担忧的情况下(例如，群体中的攻击性增加)，进行观察并提出建议以解决问题(例如，合作喂养或群体重组)。对于有个别动物行为问题的动物，该动物被转介给行为干预项目经理，由他进行评估并制定干预计划(例如，培训/驻扎、职业丰富，如食物谜题，或改变照看程序)。

The overall objective of this project is to maintain an NIH-owned biomedical resource consisting of 136 chimpanzees and to manage it to serve the national biomedical community needs. The sole specific aim of this supplement over the next year is to maintain a stable, healthy, and well defined population of chimpanzees and to coordinate the relocation of chimpanzees from the New Iberia Research Center to the Southwest National Primate Center. The transfer of the 111 NIH-owned chimpanzees currently located at the New Iberia center to the Southwest center will bring the total number of NIH-owned chimpanzees at Southwest to 136. Relocation details are provided separately. In addition to routine husbandry, high quality behavioral management and enrichment are critical for meeting the social and cognitive needs of the chimpanzees. Aspects of the behavioral services program at the Southwest center include socialization and animal training, environmental enrichment, behavioral management, and staff training. Categories of environmental enrichment include social enrichment (housing with compatible social companions), structural enrichment (e.g., climbing structures, perches. Swings), manipulable enrichment (e.g., chew toys and balls), food enrichment (4x daily fruit and vegetables in addition to special food treats provided by enrichment specialists), sensory enrichment (television, mirrors, radio, novel scents), and occupation enrichement (e.g. termite feeders and food puzzles). Behavioral management is a large part of the total program. In situations where behavioral concerns arise (e.g. increased aggression in a group), observations are conducted and recommendations are made to address the issue (e.g., cooperative feeding or reorganization of the group). With individual animal behavior problems, that animal is referred to the behavioral intervention program manager who conducts an assessment and develops an intervention plan (e.g., training/stationing, occupational enrichment such as food puzzles, or changes in the caretaker routine.