title: Reclassification of captive chimpanzees as endangered would cost lives.
abstract: A reclassification of captive chimpanzees as endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) would have devastating consequences on critical areas of basic biomedical research for which chimpanzees are uniquely suitable as animal models. It also would have a negative impact on the survival of wild chimpanzees and the preservation of the species.
authors.affiliation: Southwest National Primate Research Center, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA.
authors.forename: John L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vandeberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends*; D056727:Endangered Species / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D023421:Models, Animal; D002679:Pan troglodytes; D011788:Quality of Life
keywords: Fish and Wildlife Service; biomedical research; emerging diseases; hepatitis