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Addendum to the Nonhuman Primate Trade in Colombia
Pages 99-100

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... Recent statistics have shown that the proportion of the primate trade used in research in the United States has been underestimated, sizable discrepancies have existed among most estimates of import volumes when they are collected by different methods or agencies, and there has been an overall decline in primate imports during the past 6 years. The recent USDI estimates of primate imports from 1971 and 1972 are presented in Table 1.
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From page 100...
... . Year Peru Colombia Total Latin America Total Primates 1964 36,847 6.841 45,630 102,080 1965 33,634 9,123 43,628 96,112 1966 37,384 9.491 47,266 103,859 1967 39,600 13.879 55.011 104,346 1968 53,773 24,105 80,124 126,857 1969 45,980 17,563 64,925 105,719 1970 32.729 16,826 53,000 90,743 1971 31,550 15,910 49,879 79,846 1972 27.288 16,124 45,414 75,784 1973 22,669 6,444 30,871 69,548 1974 2,251 2.313 10.869 46,581 SOURCE: U.S.
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Key Terms

  • primate imports
  • primate trade
  • overall decline
  • aotus trivirgatus
  • cebus albifrons

  • latin american
  • mammals imported
  • laboratory animal
  • callicebus moloch
  • ateles belzebuth

  • low estimates
  • primate inventories
  • primates available
  • import volumes
  • strictly comparable

  • america total
  • recursos maturates
  • recent usdi
  • recent statistics
  • peru colombia

  • maturates renovables
  • los recursos
  • supplier country
  • night monkeys
  • latin america

  • trade appear
  • total imports
  • colombia supplied
  • import figures
  • including alouatta


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