PROMOTING CHIMPANZEE WELL-BEING THROUGH APPLIED RESEARCH

这项研究申请是对计划公告的回应 “国家黑猩猩繁育与研究计划”，是 德克萨斯大学癌症育种计划的建议 中心科技园-灵长类兽医资源部 亚利桑那州基金会和灵长类研究所。这三个人 各机构与白沙研究中心共同组成了一个 研究联盟将评估300多只黑猩猩的数据(潘 狼人)。该计划的长期目标是改善 圈养黑猩猩的照料和管理。计划中的研究将 从以下几个方面确定影响成功繁殖者生产的因素 圈养出生的动物，寻求畜牧业的改进，并确定方法 这将允许更准确地预测并提高来自 圈养种群。拟议的研究既是观察性的，也是 档案和将需要所有机构之间的合作来发展 数据收集和记录保存的可比方法。小心地 记录婴儿社会、性行为和异常行为的个体发育 和他们的母亲在一起，和其他同伴一起在不同的养育模式下，以及 作为生物医学研究对象前后一段时间，它将 可以确定将产生的饲养条件的范围 行为正常的成年人。成人行为能力的预测因子 将从青少年行为评估中得出，以便及早 将动物分配到研究计划、替代育种员池或 干预计划，以提高它们繁殖的机会。研究将会 测量围栏设计、床铺类型和视觉刺激的效果 关于黑猩猩的健康。泛滥可能带来的负面影响 将对生殖活动的熟悉度进行评估。关于群体的研究 记录将提供有关影响生殖成功的因素和 产后不孕症。一种治疗延期的化学干预 将对产后不孕症进行评估。这一信息将改善 预测和提高群体生产力的能力。作为这些的必然结果 行为项目，几项关于健康维护的详细研究 身体发育、发育和衰老将确定正常范围 圈养黑猩猩个体怀疑对其产生的变异 越轨可能会被评判。在该财团内进行的研究包括 客观、定量地评价改善护理和护理的方法 与发育相关的圈养黑猩猩的生产 调节黑猩猩的健康。

This research application is in response to the Program Announcement "National Chimpanzee Breeding and Research Program", and is a companion to the proposals for breeding programs from The University of Texas Cancer Center Science Park-Department of Veterinary Resources, The Primate Foundation of Arizona, and the Primate Research Institute. These three institutions, along with White Sands Research Center, have formed a research consortium that will evaluate data on over 300 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) . The long-term objective of the program is to improve the care and management of captive chimpanzees. The planned research will identify factors influencing the production of successful breeders from captive-born animals, seek improvements in husbandry, and determine methods which will allow more precise predictions of and promote productivity from captive populations. The proposed studies are both observational and archival and will require cooperation among all institutions to develop comparable methods of data collection and record keeping. By carefully documenting the ontogeny of social, sexual and abnormal behavior of infants with their mothers, with other companions in various rearing paradigms, and before and after periods of time as biomedical research subjects, it will be possible to determine the range of rearing conditions that will produce behaviorally adequate adults. Predictors of adult behavioral competence will be derived from juvenile behavioral evaluations to allow early assignment of animals to research programs, replacement breeder pool, or interventional programs to improve their chances to breed. Studies will measure the effect of enclosure design, bedding type and visual stimulation on chimpanzee well-being. A possible negative impact of extensive familiarity on reproductive activity will be evaluated. Studies of colony records will provide data on factors influencing reproductive success and postpartum infertility. A chemical intervention to treat extended postpartum infertility will be evaluated. This information will improve the ability to predict and improve colony productivity. As a corollary to these behavioral projects, several studies of health maintenance detailing physical growth, development and aging will identify the range of normal variation in captive chimpanzees against which individuals suspected of being deviant may be judged. Studies conducted within this consortium are objective, quantitative evaluations of methods to improve the care and production of captive chimpanzees that are relevant to developing valid regulation of chimpanzee well-being.