Behavioral Management Services

灵长类资源部门：行为管理服务 项目总结 行为管理服务(BMS)负责确保位于 WANPRC。BMS提供WaNPRC环境改善计划(EEP)和SOP的更新 关于动物的幸福和丰富。BMS还负责监测动物的异常情况 评估和治疗行为问题，评估对治疗的反应。BMS运行 积极的强化培训计划，以促进合作抽样和改善动物福利。在.期间 在之前的授权期内，我们的计划比较了两种行为监测方法(区域和焦点 监测)，并确定了最有效的程序。我们还确定了一种治疗运动刻板印象的方法。 (增加垂直笼子空间)，并对24只动物的7种药物治疗进行了评估。BMS也是 目前正在评估提供绿叶蔬菜改善脱发的治疗价值。在下一次 资助期间，BMS将继续与兽医服务机构合作，测试药物和其他治疗方法 行为异常和脱发。BMS还负责形成社会配对和团体。目前82%的 WaNPRC动物(没有科学或兽医豁免)被社会安置。我们的目标是 至少85%的动物被安置在社会形态中。BMS监督由 畜牧业工作人员，负责购买和评估增肥设备。在过去5年中 在此期间，我们评估了16种不同笼子玩具的玩具用途，以及20种觅食的安全性和有效性 设备。我们的计划还评估了我们的水富集物和栖息/游戏结构在我们的 西雅图小团体住房。在上一次授予期间，BMS进行了一项全面的行为 对托儿所养育的婴儿进行评估，这些评估正在进行中。这些观察的结果 表明对于我们的群体来说，育儿方式对行为发育的影响很小。总共有910根头发 在西雅图和亚利桑那州的设施中收集了样本，以评估菌落的生理指标 头发皮质醇的舒适感。这些数据的一些结果已发布或已提交发布 进一步的化验和分析正在进行中。BMS继续为目前接受的 动物福利的专业标准，通过发表有关行为管理的研究和 在国家/国际会议上提交数据。在过去的资助期间，有八篇论文被 已在同行评议的期刊上发表，另有四份目前正在提交出版。BMS也有 曾在科学会议上发表过19篇论文或与他人合著。Worlein博士担任WaNPRC 全国人民代表委员会行为管理联盟的代表，也是新成立的 表型挖掘和新模式开发工作组(PMNMD)BMS还在以下方面发挥关键作用 培训新的WaNPRC人员，了解NHP的浓缩、生态和行为，并提供 获得学分的华盛顿大学实验班。

DIVISION OF PRIMATE RESOURCES: BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES PROJECT SUMMARY Behavioral Management Services (BMS) is responsible for ensuring the behavioral health of NHPs housed at the WaNPRC. BMS provides updates to the WaNPRC Environmental Enhancement Plan (EEP) and SOPs pertaining to animal well-being and enrichment. BMS is also responsible for monitoring animals for abnormal behavior, assessing and treating behavioral problems and evaluating responses to treatments. BMS operates a positive reinforcement training program to facilitate cooperative sampling and improve animal welfare. During the previous granting period our program compared two behavioral monitoring methods (Zones and focal monitoring) and identified the most efficient procedure. We also identified a therapy for locomotor stereotypy (increased vertical cage space) and have evaluated seven pharmaceutic treatments in 24 animals. BMS is also currently assessing the therapeutic value of providing leafy greens to ameliorate alopecia. During the next funding period BMS will continue to work with veterinary services to test pharmacologic and other therapies for abnormal behavior and alopecia. BMS is also responsible for forming social pairs and groups. Currently 82% of WaNPRC animals (which do not have scientific or veterinary exemptions) are socially housed. Our goal is to have at least 85% of animals housed in social configurations. BMS oversees enrichment provided by the husbandry staff and is responsible for purchasing and evaluating enrichment devices. During the past 5-year period we have evaluated toy use for 16 different cage toys as well as safety and efficacy of 20 foraging devices. Our program has also evaluated the use of water enrichment and perching/play structures in our Seattle small group housing. During the last granting period BMS has conducted a comprehensive behavioral evaluation of nursery-reared infants and these assessments are ongoing. Outcomes of these observations indicate that for our colony, nursery rearing has minimal impact on behavioral development. A total of 910 hair samples have been collected at the Seattle and Arizona facilities to assess physiological measures of colony well-being with hair cortisol. Some results from these data have been published or submitted for publication and further assay and analyses are ongoing. BMS continues to contribute to the currently accepted professional standards of animal welfare by publishing relevant research on behavioral management and presenting data at national/ international meetings. During the past funding period eight papers have been published in peer reviewed journals and another four are currently submitted for publication. BMS has also been author or co-author on 19 presentations at scientific meetings. Dr. Worlein serves as the WaNPRC representative to the NPRCs Behavioral Management Consortium and also as a member the newly formed Phenotype Mining and New Model Development Working Group (PMNMD). BMS also plays a key role in training new WaNPRC personnel regarding enrichment, ecology and behavior of NHPs as well as providing a for-credit University of Washington laboratory class.