Proposed procedure for the housing and handling of simians to decrease the transmission of disease to man (1969)

International Association of Microbiological Societies

Abstract

In general, simians should be handled only after they have been anaesthetized or suitably sedated. On no account should a person attempt to handle a simian alone; 2 persons should always be present, one of whom is an experienced handler. ... A suitable method of giving an anaesthetic or sedative to a simian by intraperitoneal or intramuscular injection without the necessity for handling the animal is to restrain the animal by use of the movable partition of the cage.