title: Breeding macaques for research.
abstract: A breeding programme or rhesus macaques was established to produce animals with minimal disease and satisfactory behavioural patterns. Problems of design, management, health care and dietary requirements are described.
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D001947:Breeding; D005260:Female; D000882:Haplorhini; D008251:Macaca; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male