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5 Species-Specific Considerations
5 Species-Specific Considerations
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NONHUMAN PRIMATES Joe Simmons, a laboratory animal veterinarian and independent consultant with Insight Diagnostics and Consulting, gave workshop attendees a sense of the complexities of transporting nonhuman primates (NHPs)
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The inspections required when animals come into the United States are very thorough. Simmons described his own experience with two FWS inspectors "who took a flashlight and looked at every single monkey -- all 1,000 to 1,500 monkeys -- looking at every single eyeball, making sure that every animal was okay.
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The chief executive officers of some airlines that have accepted animal shipments for decades have received literally tens of thousands of form letters by email in a 24-hour period. To avoid tarnishing their companies' image, they may make a decision to discontinue shipments of research animals.
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Additional information about documents required to ship laboratory animals can be found in Appendix C: Transportation Checklist. MICE, RATS, AND SMALL MAMMALS Keynote speaker William White of Charles River Laboratories also spoke about the transport of mice, rats, and small mammals.
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BOX 5-3 Considerations Listed by William White in Transporting Mice, Rats, and Small Mammals • Use a species-appropriate container -- LAR container requirement 84, if a filtered container, or LAR container requirement 81, if a non filtered container. • Container must be large enough for animals to move about freely and make normal postural adjustments.
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According to the Center's David Lains, this is because fish have external transparent embryos, fast life cycles and development, easily studied and manipulated genetics, and a number of transgenic lines. They are used not only in biomedical research but in evolutionary biology and ecology research as well.
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• Isolate animals from the heat pack with a single layer of bubble wrap, which can be taped to the lid of the box. • To fill voids in shipping packages, use non-biodegradable packing peanuts or fill extra bags with oxygen.
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