Comfortable quarters for nonhuman primates in research institutions (2002)

Reinhardt, V.

Abstract

Practical guidelines for the species-adequate housing of nonhuman primates in research facilities. Providing primates in research institutions with primate-adequate housing and humane handling conditions is no sentimentalism. On the contrary, it is essential to employ such refined methodology in order to adhere to the very basic principles of good science. A primate who behaves like a primate and who is free of distress, certainly has a greater potential of being a useful research model than one who is a behavioral cripple as a result of understimulation and one who experiences distress during research-related procedures.