Accurate divergence date estimates improve scenarios of primate evolutionary history and
aid in interpretation of the natural history of disease-causing agents. While molecule-based …

In recent years, there have been a number of new demands and regulations which have
reignited the discussion on ethics in animal-based research. In the light of this development …

Video-based markerless motion capture permits quantification of an animal's pose and
motion, with a high spatiotemporal resolution in a naturalistic context, and is a powerful tool …

The nonhuman primates most commonly used in medical research are from the genus
Macaca. To better understand the genetic differences between these animal models, we …

Zoonotic diseases cause millions of deaths every year. Diseases such as Ebola, severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and avian influenza cause economic losses at the …

Non-human primates have a small but important role in basic and translational biomedical
research, owing to similarities with human beings in physiology, cognitive capabilities …

Captive rhesus macaques sometimes exhibit undesirable abnormal behaviors, such as
motor stereotypic behavior (MSB) and self‐abuse. Many risk factors for these behaviors …

To understand the demographic history of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and
document the extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in the genome, we partially resequenced …

In North America, the biomedical research community faces social and economic challenges
to nonhuman primate (NHP) importation that could reduce the number of NHP available for …

Positive reinforcement training (PRT) techniques have received considerable attention for
their stress reduction potential in the behavioral management of captive nonhuman …