TRAINING GROUP-HOUSE RHESUS MACAQUES

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 在过去的衰退中，人们越来越意识到为生物医学研究中使用的非人类灵长类动物提供集体住所的重要性。然而，为了饲养或研究程序，可能很难获得集体饲养的猴子。训练动物自愿配合这些程序，可以使集体收容成为一个可行的选择。这一试点项目的主要目的是证明，培训实验猕猴配合饲养和/或研究程序，以便它们能够以社会群体的形式生活在ONPRC是一个可行的选择。此外，这项建议还考察了可能影响受试者接受培训能力的因素(例如，气质和支配力)。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. In the past decase, there has been an increasing awareness of the importance of providing group housing for nonhuman primates used in biomedical research. However, it can be difficult to gain access to group-housed monkeys for husbandry or research procedures. Training animals to voluntarily cooperate with these procedures can make group housing a viable option. The main objective of this pilot project is to demonstrate that training experimental rhesus macaques to cooperate with husbandry and/or research procedures so that they can live in social groups is a viable option at the ONPRC. In addition, this proposal examines factors (e.g., temperament and dominance) that may influence a subject's ability to be trained.