The laboratory primate. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sonia Wolfe-Coote.
• Other Names: Wolfe-Coote, Sonia
• Contents: Part 1: Definition of the Primate Model; ; 1.1The Taxonomy of Primates in the Laboratory Context; 1.2Similarities of Non Human Primates to Humans; 1.3General Anatomy; 1.4Pathology; 1.4.1 Non infectious diseases; 1.4.2 Common Viral Infections; 1.4.3 Modelling Parasitic diseases in Non Human; Primates: Malaria, Chagas Disease and Filariasis; 1.5Reproduction: Definition of a Primate Model of Female Fertility; 1.6Male Reproduction and Fertilization; 1.7Primate Natural History and Social Behaviour: Implications for Laboratory Housing; ; Part 2: Primate Management; ; 2.1New World Primates; 2.1.1 Husbandry and Management: Marmosets and; Tamarins; 2.2Old World Primates; 2.2.1 Practical Care & Management of Macaques; 2.2.2 Vervet Monkey Breeding; 2.3Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases; 2.4Environmental Enrichment & Refinement of Handling Procedures; 2.5Development of Specific Pathogen Free (SPF); Non Human Primate Colonies; 2.6Medical Care; ; Part 3: Current Uses in Biomedical Research; ; 3.1Factors affecting the choice of species; 3.2 Techniques & Procedures; 3.2.1Anaesthesia; 3.2.2Rigid Endoscopy; 3.2.3Ultrasound Imaging in Rhesus (Macaca mulatta)and Long-tailed (Macaca fascicularis) Macaques: Reproductive & Research Applications; 3.2.4 Functional Magnetic Resonances Imaging in Conscious Marmoset Monkeys : Methods and Applications in Neuroscience Research; 3.2.5 Radiographic Imaging of Non Human Primates; 3.2.6 Imaging: Positron Emission Tomography (PET); 3.3 Current Uses in Biomedical Research; 3.3.1 The Use of the Primate Model in Research; 3.3.2 Chronic Diseases; 3.3.3 Practical approaches to Pharmacological; 3.3.4 Non Human Primate Models of Human Aging; 3.3.5 Primate Models of Neurological Disease; 3.3.6 Genetics: A survey of Non Human Primate; Genetics, Genetic Management and Applications; to Biomedical Research; 3.3.7 The Respiratory System & its use in research; 3.3.8 Reproduction - Male; 3.3.9 Reproduction - Female; 3.3.10 The Baboon as an Appropriate Model for Study; 3.3.11 Virology Research; 3.3.12 Parasitic Diseases of Non Human Primates
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (650 pages)
• Subjects: 636.0885; Primates as laboratory animals; Animals, Laboratory; Primates; Biomedical Research -- methods; Disease Models, Animal; Primates (Animaux de laboratoire); Primates as laboratory animals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080454160
• Related ISBNs: 008045416X
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