National Non-human Primate Breeding and Research Facility

一些生物医学研究最好在灵长类动物身上进行，以便最大程度地了解人类的健康和疾病。这类研究的例子包括对艾滋病等疾病的研究，以及对人类大脑和神经系统的研究。国家卫生和医学研究委员会（NHMRC）通过其动物福利委员会，在确保用于生物医学研究的任何非人类灵长类动物在尽可能最好的设施中繁殖和饲养，并得到最高水平的照顾方面发挥了国际领导作用。为了确保这种护理质量，NHMRC的政策是只使用专门为研究目的而饲养的动物。由莫纳什大学主办的国家非人类灵长类动物繁殖和研究设施确保澳大利亚社区能够在最高质量的条件下使用猕猴和狨猴进行研究。此外，这些殖民地将为任何国家应对大流行病和生物恐怖主义的疫苗和应对措施的开发提供关键资源。

Some biomedical research is best undertaken on primates, in order to allow the greatest relevance to understanding health and disease in humans. Examples of such research include studies into diseases like HIV-AIDS and much of the research into understanding the human brain and nervous system. The National Health and Medical Research Committee (NHMRC), through its Animal Welfare Committee, has taken an international leadership position in ensuring that any non-human primates used for biomedical research are bred and housed in the best possible facilities and looked after with the highest level of care available. To ensure this quality of care, it is NHMRC policy to only use animals that have been bred and reared specifically for research purposes. The National Non-Human Primate Breeding and Research Facility, hosted by Monash University, ensures that Australian community has access to macaque monkeys and marmosets to carry out research under the highest quality conditions. Additionally the colonies will provide a key resource in any national response to pandemics and bioterrorism for vaccine and response development.