Clinical Training in Primate Medicine

描述(由申请者提供)：使用非人类灵长类动物需要兽医和畜牧业工作人员的专门培训和经验。个人获得这种技能的机会很少，目前缺乏合格的兽医来填补这一重要的基础设施角色。虽然非人类灵长类动物被用于各种研究目的，但最近在艾滋病研究和生物防御方面的倡议增加了它们在传染病项目中作用的重要性。这项灵长类实验室医学和外科兽医实习计划将由新英格兰灵长类研究中心(NEPRC)主办。NEPRC是八个国家灵长类研究中心之一，其使命是支持公共卫生服务资助的研究目标。NEPRC维持着一个多样化的灵长类种群，包括大量繁殖的恒河猴、普通绒猴和棉顶罗望子猴。这种环境将为应聘者提供一个独特的机会，在灵长类动物医学和饲养、生物遏制和在非人类灵长类动物中进行传染病项目的临床工作方面获得专业经验。培训计划将包括临床服务、研讨会和一些重要兽医技术的实践培训，并为住院医生准备通过美国实验动物医学院(ACLAM)的认证。候选人将轮流通过NEPRC临床服务，在那里他/她将与一名高级兽医配对，以获得集群动物的诊断、治疗和管理方面的经验。该计划完成后，预计候选人将获得非人类灵长类临床医学和畜牧业方面的经验，满足美国实验动物医学院的住院医生要求，并将拥有成为利用非人类灵长类动物实现研究目标的研究团队的关键组成部分的技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Use of nonhuman primates requires specialized training and experience on the part of veterinary and animal husbandry staff. Opportunities for individuals to acquire such skills are few and currently there is a shortage of qualified veterinarians to fill this important infrastructure role. While nonhuman primates are used in a variety of research objectives, recent initiatives in AIDS research and biodefense have increased the importance of their role in infectious disease programs. This veterinary residency program in laboratory primate medicine and surgery will be hosted by the New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC). The NEPRC is one of eight national primate research Centers with a mission to support Public Health Services funded research objectives. The NEPRC maintains a diverse primate population including large breeding colonies of rhesus macaques, common marmosets and cotton top tamarins. This environment will provide a unique opportunity for the candidate to gain specialized experience in primate medicine and husbandry, biocontainment and conducting clinical work for infectious disease programs in nonhuman primates. The training program will consist of a combination of clinical service, seminars and hands-on training in a number of important veterinary techniques and prepare residents for certification by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM). The candidate will rotate through the NEPRC clinical service where he/she will be paired with a senior veterinarian to gain experience in diagnosis, treatment, and management of colony animals. Upon completion of the program it is anticipated that the candidate will have gained experience in nonhuman primate clinical medicine and husbandry, satisfy residency requirements for the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and would have the skills to become a critical part of a research team utilizing nonhuman primates to achieve their research objectives.