An innovative approach to nonhuman primate management with RFID tracking.

摘要 一种利用RFID跟踪实现非人灵长类管理的创新方法 埃默里国家灵长类研究中心(EPC)保持了一种特定的病原体(SPF) 恒河猴繁育群体，约2500只动物，支持丰富的研究 仅在22财年，非人类灵长类赠款的投资组合就超过5500万美元。这只SPF级的大型恒河猴 在EPC野战站，以大型室内/室外社会团体的形式维护繁殖群体 在过去的10年里一直在设法增加产量，以满足高需求 做研究任务。成功的群体增长给工作人员带来了压力 支持不断增长的繁殖群体的资源。为了简化运营，节省了 人员开支和提高动物福利，EPC正在提议实施一项新的 RFID跟踪隧道系统在大型养殖大院中被动跟踪个体 并在不破坏社会群体的情况下进行人口普查。整合这一点 拟议的RFID跟踪系统将极大地取代目前的人工人口普查计数 提高运营效率，让员工有时间专注于其他繁育群体 管理目标导致了殖民地产量的增加。这增加了 生产将支持EPC的研究项目以及国家对 用于研究的NHP。

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.