Nursery Rearing of Nonhuman Primates in the 21st Century (Developments in Primatology

副标题: Progress and Prospects)

ISBN: 9780387256320

出版社: Springer

出版年: 2005-11-29

页数: 602

定价: USD 369.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

"Nursery Rearing of Nonhuman Primates in the 21st Century" describes how and why nursery rearing of primates can produce adaptable juveniles and adults for research, conservation, and display-educational purposes. The volume details the history of nursery rearing since the mid-19th century, the outcomes of varied nursery rearing methods, the contemporary goals of nursery rearing as well as reference data derived from species commonly reared in nursery or hand-feeding situations. Examples of the changing goals of nursery rearing covered in this volume are the need for biological containment in disease research, the production of specific pathogen-free colonies by removal of neonates from the mother, the production of phenotypes for genetic and molecular biology studies, and the breeding of endangered species for conservation or research purposes.