Nonhuman Primates: Standards and Guidelines for the Breeding, Care, and Management of Laboratory Animals; a Report (1968) / Chapter Skim
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BREEDING
BREEDING
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Chimpanzees -- Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Further information may be obtained from 6571st Aeromedical Research Laboratory Aerospace Medical Division Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico 88330 Breeding success under free-ranging conditions depends largely on the social organization of the species involved.
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Colony Caging Colony caging has been successful with most Old World monkeys in routine laboratory use, including Macaca mulatta, M nemestrina, M
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Copulation has been observed throughout the year in captive tree shrews. Some estrus cycle and birth data, however, suggest the existence of seasonal breeding in Tupaia.
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Successful breeding of squirrel monkeys has been achieved with pairs, with groups containing one male and five females, and with groups containing multiple males and females. Mothers with babies usually do well when left in the cage in which breeding took place.
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Baboons Baboons reproduce readily in captivity after adapting to the new environment. Ovulation and conception seldom occur until after the mature female has been in her new surroundings 6 to 8 months.
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Female chimpanzees are at breeding age when they are 9 to 10 years old; males, when they are a year or so older. The menstrual cycle is about 35 days and the gestation period between 245 and 256 days.
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