Kerber W T, Herbert H J, Vickers J H
J Med Primatol. 1979;8(3):129-42. doi: 10.1159/000460190.
The Caribbean Primate Research Center recently contracted with the Food and Drug Administration to establish a free-ranging island breeding colony of rhesus monkeys. The goal of the program is to produce 600 to 800 offspring yearly from 1,000 breeding age females. The initial colony stock will consist of approximately 360 animals from an existing colony that was established on an island off the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico in 1961. Expansion of the colony will be accomplished by the purchase and introduction of rhesus females obtained from the wild. The colony site, reproductive history, composition, and the methodology of our expansion plans are discussed. In addition, anticipated problems are identified and analyzed.
加勒比灵长类动物研究中心最近与美国食品药品监督管理局签约，建立一个恒河猴自由放养的岛屿繁殖群体。该项目的目标是每年从1000只育龄雌性恒河猴中繁育出600至800只后代。最初的群体种群将由大约360只动物组成，这些动物来自1961年在波多黎各西南海岸一个岛屿上建立的现有群体。群体的扩大将通过购买和引入从野外获取的恒河猴雌性来实现。本文讨论了群体地点、繁殖历史、组成以及我们的扩大计划方法。此外，还识别并分析了预期问题。
