Málaga C A, Weller R E, Buschbom R L, Baer J F, Kimsey B B
University of Puerto Rico, San Juan 00936-5067.
J Med Primatol. 1997 Jun;26(3):147-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1997.tb00046.x.
The reproduction performance of captive owl monkeys, a breed used extensively in biomedical research, was observed at the Battelle Primate Facility (BPF). The colony grew through captive breeding, imports from the Peruvian Primatological Project, and others to a peak size of 730. It included seven karyotypes of Aotus sp. Results showed that owl monkeys can breed successfully in a laboratory in numbers sufficient to sustain modest research programs. Reproductive success increases when pairs are compatible, of the same karyotype, and stabilized; however, mated pairs of different karyotype are also productive. Under conditions of controlled lighting and heating, owl monkeys at BPF showed no birth peak nor birth season.
在巴特尔灵长类动物设施（BPF）观察了圈养夜猴的繁殖性能，夜猴是一种在生物医学研究中广泛使用的品种。该种群通过圈养繁殖、从秘鲁灵长类动物项目进口等方式发展壮大，达到了730只的峰值规模。它包括七种夜猴属的核型。结果表明，夜猴能够在实验室中成功繁殖，数量足以维持适度的研究项目。当配对的夜猴相互兼容、核型相同且关系稳定时，繁殖成功率会提高；然而，不同核型的配对也能繁殖。在控制光照和温度的条件下，BPF的夜猴没有出生高峰，也没有产仔季节。
