Management of a harem breeding colony of rhesus monkeys to reduce trauma-related morbidity and mortality.
A management procedure was developed for a harem breeding colony of rhesus monkeys to reduce trauma-related injuries and deaths resulting from the periodic removal of pregnant monkeys for research and their subsequent return to the population. Lower morbidity and mortality rates, a reduced mean conception interval, and a higher mean conception rate occurred when monkeys were maintained in permanent harems to which returning females were reintroduced compared to new social groups formed from aggregates of unfamiliar animals.
D000374:Aggression; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008251:Macaca; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D012919:Social Behavior; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control