An innovative approach to nonhuman primate management with RFID tracking.

通过 RFID 跟踪进行非人类灵长类动物管理的创新方法。

• 批准号: 10736592
• 负责人: Joyce Kimberly Cohen
• 金额: $ 33.7万
• 依托单位: EMORY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10736592
• 关键词: Animal Experimentation; Animal Welfare; Animals; Breeding; COVID-19 pandemic effects; Censuses; Collaborations; Complex; Consumption; Data; Development; Devices; Female; Frequencies; Funding; Grant; Group Processes; Growth; Housing; Human Resources; Individual; Infrastructure; Investments; Labor Forces; Laboratory Animals; Macaca; Macaca mulatta; Manuals; Methods; Modernization; Monkeys; Movement; Personal Satisfaction; Persons; Primates; Process; Production; R24; Reader; Research; Research Project Grants; Research Support; Resources; Rhesus; Socialization; Source; Specific qualifier value; System; Technology; Time; Women' s Group; design; experience; germ free condition; improved; innovation; male; microchip; nonhuman primate; novel; operation; pressure; process improvement; social group

ABSTRACT An Innovative Approach to Nonhuman Primate Management with RFID Tracking The Emory National Primate Research Center (EPC) maintains a specific pathogen free (SPF) rhesus macaque breeding colony of approximately 2500 animals that supports a rich research portfolio of over $55 million in nonhuman primate grants in FY22 alone. This large SPF rhesus breeding colony is maintained in large indoor/ outdoor social groups at the EPC Field Station and has been managed to increase production over the past 10 years to meet the high demand for research assignments. The successful colony growth has placed pressure on personnel resources to support the growing breeding colony. In an effort to streamline operations, save on personnel expenses and enhance animal welfare, the EPC is proposing to implement a novel RFID tracking tunnel system in the large breeding compounds to passively track individual monkeys and perform census counts without disruption of the social groups. Integrating this proposed RFID tracking system to replace the current manual census counts will significantly improve operational efficiency and allow personnel time to focus on other breeding colony management objectives resulting in increased production in the colony. This increased production will support the research projects at the EPC as well as the national demand for NHPs for research.

摘要 利用RFID跟踪的非人灵长类动物管理的创新方法 埃默里国家灵长类动物研究中心（EPC）保持无特定病原体（SPF） 猕猴繁殖群约2500动物，支持丰富的研究 仅在2022财年，就有超过5500万美元的非人类灵长类动物赠款。这只SPF级的恒河猴 繁殖群体在EPC野外站的大型室内/室外社会群体中维持 并在过去10年中设法增加产量以满足高需求 研究任务。成功的菌落生长给人员带来了压力 资源来支持不断增长的繁殖群体。为了简化运营， 为了增加人员开支和提高动物福利，EPC建议实施一项新的 RFID跟踪隧道系统在大型养殖场实现个体被动跟踪 在不破坏社会群体的情况下进行人口普查。整合此 拟议的RFID跟踪系统，以取代目前的人工普查计数将显着 提高工作效率，让工作人员有时间专注于其他繁殖群体 管理目标，从而提高了殖民地的产量。这种增加的 生产将支持EPC的研究项目以及国家对 NHP用于研究。