Laboratory Primate Newsletter

Contents of Volumes 25-27 (1986-1988)

Title....Volume....Number....Page

Conservation and Supply

Trends in Primate Imports into the United States: 1984....25....1....4
Meeting Reports: Primates--The Road to Self-Sustaining Populations....25....2....1
National Zoo Receives Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin Monkeys....25....2....5
FWS Proposes Two Primate Species for Endangered Listing....25....2....14
Current Conservation and Biomedical Research Status of Cotton-Top Tamarins (Saguinus oedipus), by N. K. Clapp & S. D. Tardif....25....4....1
World Wildlife Fund Offers Education Kit....26....2.... 26
Opinion: Scarce Resources and Endangered Species, by M. E. Soulé....26....4....10
Status Reviews Initiated for Chimpanzees....27....4.... 9
Chimps and Research: Endangered?....27....4.... 9

Disease, Medicine, and Surgery

Cotton Tops, Colitis, Colon Cancer & Conservation, by W. R. Kingston....25....1....1
NIH and WHO Collaborating Center for Reference and Research in SimianViruses, by S. S. Kalter....25....1....8
Meeting Reports: Genetic Research with Nonhuman Primates: Serving the Needs of Mankind....25....2....4
Warning Regarding Anti-Malarials....25....4.... 6
Simian AIDS Testing Available, by S. S. Kalter....26....1.... 4
The African Green Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus) as a Carrier of Diseases on Barbados, by J. Baulu, C. O. R. Everard, & J. D. Everard....26....2....2
Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in West Africa....26....2....9
B virus (Herpesvirus simiae) Human Infection, by S. S. Kalter....26....2....13
B-Virus Infection in Humans....26....3....2
Encephalitozoon cuniculi Infection Detected in Squirrel Monkeys....26....3....5
Letters: Primate Herpes Virus....26....3....8
Guidelines for Prevention of Herpesvirus simiae (B Virus) Infection in Monkey Handlers....27....1....9
Nonhuman Primates as Models in Virus Research....27....1.... 17
B Virus (and Other Primate Viruses) Laboratory Support....27....2....7
Letters: Handling Monkeys....27....3....13
Research Reports....27....4....4
Viral Reference Center Moves....27....4....15

Facilities, Care, and Animal Welfare

Farm Bill Signed With Animal Welfare Act Amendments....25....1....10
Newspaper Clippings: On "Torturing" Animals....25....1.... 16
Note on Animal Welfare Act Amendments....25....2.... 7
Groups Launch Joint Effort in Support of USDA/APHIS Animal Welfare Funds....25....2....7
A Pivotal Year for Lab Animal Welfare; Tighter Regulations, Higher Costs, and Refined Methodologies Likely to Lead to Increased Animal Use; Tight Money Squeezes Out Animal Models....25....3.... 1
Animal Welfare Act Regulations Delayed....25....4.... 7
Preliminary Comments on Environmental Enrichment with Branches for Individually Caged Rhesus Monkeys, by V. Reinhardt, W. D. Houser, D. Cowley, & M. Champoux....26....1....1
PHS Laboratory Animal Policy Revised....26....1.... 7
Call for Chapters on Primate Wellbeing....26....1.... 10
Preliminary Comments on Pairing Unfamiliar Adult Female Rhesus Monkeys for the Purpose of Environmental Enrichment, by V. Reinhardt, D. Cowley, S. Eisele, R. Vertein, & D. Houser....26....2....5
Improved Installation Method for Branches as Cage Enrichment, by V. Reinhardt....26....3....1
The Use of Nonhuman Primates in Laboratories in Great Britain....26....3.... 4
1986 ABS/ASAB Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research....26....3....6
Chimpanzee Committee Formed....26....4.... 4
Environmental Enrichment with Sticks for Singly-Caged Adult Rhesus Monkeys, by M. Champoux, M. Hempel, & V. Reinhardt....26....4.... 5
Pairing Compatible Female Rhesus Monkeys for Cage Enrichment Has No Negative Impact on Body Weight, by V. Reinhardt, D. Cowley, S. Eisele, R. Vertein, & D. Houser....27....1....13
The Raisin Board as an Environmental Enrichment Tool for Laboratory Primates, by T. C. Moazed & A. V. Wolff....27....1.... 16
Gorilla Facility Survey Results, by L. Espey....27....1.... 27
Management and Husbandry of the Western Tarsier (Tarsius bancanus) at the National Zoological Park, by M. Roberts....27....2.... 1
Environmental Enrichment Program for Caged Macaques: A Review, by V. Reinhardt, S. Eisele, & D. Houser....27....2....5
Ear Tags for Long-Term Identification of Baboons, by L. L. Taylor, S. P. Easley, & A. M. Coelho, Jr....27....2....8
Animal Regulations: So Far, So Good....27....2.... 12
What We Don't Know About Lab Animals, by M. A. Novak & J. S. Meyer....27....2....16
PVC Pipes Effectively Enrich the Environment of Caged Rhesus Monkeys, by V. Reinhardt & M. D. Smith....27....3....4
Food Choices in Captive Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), by A. J. Petto & M. Devin....27....3....7
'Silver Spring' Monkeys at the San Diego Zoo, by A. S. Clarke....27....3....10
Preliminary Comments on Pairing Unfamiliar Adult Male Rhesus Monkeys for the Purpose of Environmental Enrichment, by V. Reinhardt....27....4....1
Environmental Enrichment Slides and Videotape....27....4.... 4
A Liquid Dispenser for Caged Primates, by R. D. Bramblett & C. A. Bramblett....27....4....16

Information and Information Services

Doctoral Programs Directory: Addendum....25....1.... 30
Establishment of a Primatological Library in Puerto Rico....25....3....10
Animal Research Information Source....25....4....7
Associate Editor's Note....26....2....1
Revision of Directory of Graduate Programs in Primatology and Primate Research Planned....26....4....9
Editor's Note....27....1....7
Directory of Graduate Programs in Primatology and Primate Research (1988)....27....1....19
Audiovisual Services at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center....27....2....11
Editor's Note....27....2....17
New Policy for J.C.P.....27....3....6
Editor's Note....27....3....11
Malaria Prevention Information System; Animal Welfare Information Center; Transport Information; PSIC....27....4....12
Editor's Notes....27....4....22

Lectures, Seminars, Symposia, Workshops

Symposium Announcement: "Understanding Chimpanzees"....25....1....7
AFIP Comparative Pathology Course....25....1.... 14
Workshop Planned on "Applying Behavioral Research to Zoo Animal Management"....25....1....19
Dates of "Understanding Chimpanzees" Symposium Changed....25....2....3
Pathology of Laboratory Animals Course....25....2.... 6
Conference Announcement: Animal Testing, Animal Welfare and Public Relations....25....3....9
Conference Announcement: Welfare of Laboratory Animals....25....3....10
Symposium: Improving the Quality of Life of Laboratory Primates....25....4....4
Workshop on Habitat Breeding....25....4....7
NABR Conference Announcement....26....1.... 8
AFIP Comparative Pathology Course....26....1.... 9
Workshop Announcement....26....1....10
AALAS Correspondence Course Offered....26....2.... 10
Conference Announcements....26....2....11
Pathology of Laboratory Animals....26....3.... 18
NIH Workshop on PHS Policy....26....4....11
Symposium: Transplacental Effects on Fetal Health....26....4....11
AFIP Comparative Pathology Course....27....1.... 7
NABR Conference Announcement....27....1.... 15
AALAS Correspondence Course Offered....27....2.... 7
Dallas Zoo to Host National Workshop....27....2.... 17
Conference on Laboratory Animals....27....2.... 30
Animal Care Courses Offered....27....3.... 3
Pathology of Laboratory Animals Course....27....3.... 6
Conference on Psychological Well-Being....27....3.... 9
Cayo Santiago Anniversary Meeting....27....3.... 11
Conference Announcements....27....4....21

Miscellaneous

The Ape in Stateroom 10, by K. A. R. Kennedy & J. C. Whittaker....27....1....1

News Briefs and News

Dian Fossey Killed in Rwanda....25....1....12
Whitney Appointed Director of DRS; Penn Ordered to Review Its Animal Research Labs; Animal Resources Improvement Awards Made....25....1.... 13

Custody Battle over Taub's Animals....25....3.... 8
Funds Reinstated at Columbia; NIH Funds Reinstated at City of Hope....25....3....9

Legislative Front: Some Activity at the State Level....25....3....10
Support for National Chimpanzee Breeding and Research Program; Activists' Appeal Denied in Federal Court....25....4....8
AALAC News....25....4....18
Federal Court Denies Activists' Petition for Rehearing: Supreme Court Petition Filed; Chimpanzees Stolen by Animal Liberationists; USDA Animal Welfare Regs Progressing....26....1....5
Esc-ape Artist Climbs Wall with Help of Male Gorilla....26....1....11
Allan M. Schrier: 1930 - 1987....26....2....1
Good Prospects for Lion Tamarins; Universities Sued Over Animal Issues; Supreme Court Says "No" to Animal Activists....26....2.... 12
Smith Introduces Legislation to Send IBR Research Animals to Primarily Primates; State Legislatures Declare Support for Animal Research; NIH Establishes Office of Animal Care and Use; Prisoners of Science; Macaquepit Monkey Business on 747....26....4....8
Scientists Fret Over Monkey Incursion; Adoption Announcement; Houston Is New APHIS Head....27....1....18
USDA Decides Animal Welfare Act Compliance Case; Orlans Resigns Animal Welfare Post; Congressional Staff Visit Labs; Do Animals Lie? APHIS Regulations....27....2....18
Tuberculosis in San Diego Zoo; Grogan Retires from ILAR; Ecuador Reports Dengue Fever; Glosser Made Head of APHIS; New Editor for A.J.P.....27....3....14
EEC Developing Transport Regulations; APA's Animal Research Committee Visits Washington; New SCAW Executive Director; Rift Valley Fever; Imported Human Rabies in Australia; Geoffrey Bourne, 1909-1988; APHIS Oversight Hearings Held in House; Zoo in Madagascar; Chimpanzee Well-Being....27....4....17

Organizations and Meetings

Upcoming Primate Meetings....25....1....18
Funds for Travel to IPS Congress....25....1....18
Group Travel Flight to IPS Congress....25....1.... 18
Upcoming Primate Meetings....25....2....6
Upcoming Primate Meetings....25....3....17
ASP Annual Meeting Notice....26....1....8
ASP Annual Meeting Notice....26....2....26
Meeting Announcement: IPS....26....3....7
ASP Annual Meeting Notice....27....1....12
American Society of Primatologists Annual Meeting....27....2....19
Meeting Report: ASP in New Orleans....27....4.... 20

Physiology and Behavior

Earthquake: Langur Monkeys' Response, by N. Krusko et al....25....1....6
Letters: Range of Cercocebus albigena in Kenya....25....4....3
Plasma Cortisol of Female Rhesus Monkeys in Response to Acute Restraint, by S. W. Line, A. S. Clarke, & H. Markowitz....26....4.... 1
Possible Correlation Between Aging and Plantar Depigmentation in Patas Monkeys, by J. Loy & P. August....27....3....12

Positions Available or Wanted, Fellowships Traineeships

Fyssen Foundation 1986-87 Fellowships and 1986 International, Prize....25....1....15
Position Open at St. Kitts Primate Research Facility....25....2....8
Primate Field Research Opportunities....25....4.... 7
Career Opportunity....25....4....9
Research Assistant Needed Immediately....26....1.... 3
Fyssen Foundation 1987-88 Fellowships and 1987 International Prize....26....1....6
Positions Available....26....1....9
Fyssen Foundation 1988-89 Fellowships and 1988 International Prize....27....1....6
Request for Applications for Research Grants....27....2.... 15
Grants Available....27....3....15
Grants Available....27....4....3

Primates, Primate Materials, or Equipment Available

Tarsier Research Opportunity....26....3....8
Environmental Enrichment Slide Set....27....1.... 15
The Frankfurt Pan troglodytes verus Collection: Description and Research Agenda, by R. Protsch von Zieten & R. B. Eckhardt....27....4....13

Reproduction and Rearing

Training Program for Captive Breeding of Endangered Species....26....2....8
Captive Breeding of Alouatta belzebul and Chiropotes satanus utahicki, by W. R. Kingston....26....3....8
Infant Adoption and Reintroduction in Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus), by L. M. Watson & A. J. Petto....27....3.... 1
Competent Maternal Behavior by a Hand-Reared, Resocialized, Primaparous Chimpanzee: A Case History, by B. Nankivell, J. Fritz, L. Nash, & P. Fritz....27....4....5
Request for Information: Hand-Reared Chimpanzee Mothers....27....4....8

Requests for Primates and Primate Material

Donations Requested....26....2....13
Request for Information: Identification Systems....27....2....10
African Green Monkey Blood Needed....27....2.... 19
Survey on Departures from Monogamy in Callithrix jacchus....27....3....6
Color Photographs Wanted ....27 ....4 ...... 34

Departments

Address Changes....25-27....each issue
Recent Books and Articles....25-27....each issue


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