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一个协作网站,以支持国际猕猴的福利

2015年5月12日
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NC3RS的研究管理和政策主管Mark Prescott博士启动了我们最新的在线资源 - 猕猴网站。

I’ve worked in primatology and animal welfare for 20 years now and during that time I’ve visited primate research and breeding facilities around the world and established professional relationships with many researchers, veterinarians and animal care persons committed to doing the best they can for the monkeys in their care. This extensive network has been harnessed to develop a new website on macaque behaviour and care, which we are launching today. Creation of the site has been one of the largest and most exciting collaborations of my career, involving some 25 organisations internationally. Content development was assisted by Dr Emily Bethell and Dr Caralyn Kemp, Liverpool John Moores University.

猕猴网站涵盖恒河猴和愤世嫉俗的猕猴的生活历史,其行为(例如姿势,表情,发声),圈养管理(例如住房,富集,喂养,培训,培训)和福利评估工具(行为,生理和健康指标)。它具有200多个图像和视频,并带有实用的指导,对同行进行了审查和引用。目的不是提供有关猕猴护理和使用的手册,而是要激发,教育和分享信息以改善全球实验室的这些动物的福利。

我接受了灵长类动物行为和生态学的培训 - 不是猕猴,而是新世界的猴子 - 很幸运地观察了我在野外和囚禁中的研究物种。但是,大多数在研究和测试中使用灵长类动物的科学家没有对动物行为进行正式培训。我遇到的人和地方都没有最佳实践,因为员工缺乏猕猴行为和处理方面的适当知识和技能。本网站可以帮助改变这一点。

我脑海中留下的一个例子是,初级研究人员坚持认为他们不得向猕猴的主题表现出顺从的行为,因为担心这些等级的动物会将它们视为下属并对其进行积极行动。取而代之的是,他们认为,他们必须在互动中坚定不移,并证明他们是主要的政党(行为可能被动物解释为侵略性)。在这种情况下,正确的反应是忽略不良行为和奖励理想的行为,以响应从属信号的隶属信号(例如,研究人员误解了唇唇)。

本网站的综合行为部分具有在实验室人员培训计划中的巨大潜力,使现有和新员工能够更好地识别,解释和对猕猴的沟通信号,这将为完善其护理的许多方面提供良好的基础采用。福利评估部门还针对录制行为(来自斯特林大学的汉娜·布坎南·史密斯教授)的录音行为再次聆听,这对动物行为的学生也很有用。

并非每个与猕猴一起研究的人都有机会前往其他实验室,并将其与他人进行比较和对比。看看它们是通过动物管理的前进还是在曲线后面,并收集新的想法。I know I can get frustrated when trying to explain in written correspondence during peer review of grant applications or manuscripts, or quick conversations at conferences, the improvements in housing or husbandry that I’ve been impressed with during visits to establishments which other laboratories could consider adopting. “A picture paints a thousand words” and this site illustrates some exemplary accommodation and enrichment ideas instantly. It helps to dispel some common myths – that macaques used in experiments must be housed in small, squeeze-back cages else they will be difficult to capture, that animals with head implants cannot be housed socially in enriched enclosures, and that destructible materials such as wood and cardboard are not safe as enrichment items. It demonstrates the high standards that can be achieved with sufficient awareness, will and resources. At the end of the day, there are few things important for primate welfare that genuinely conflict with the science. To assist establishments to implement what is shown on the site, we have tried to provide practical advice; for example, recipes for cheap enrichment items, and ideas for incremental improvements in caging design where resources are limited.

动物福利科学领域不断发展,并改进了评估福利的新方法。在这里,我们将一些工具汇总在一起,这些工具可用于识别有福利不良风险的人,并评估改进在研究和饲养程序中的影响。从身体状况和脱发评分系统到血流动力学,呼吸和血液临床化学参考值。

猕猴的网站一直是一项巨大的合作努力,而且在制作中很长时间。我非常感谢所有提供材料并有时间帮助创建精湛资源的个人和组织,以支持社区,以提高研究中使用的猕猴的福利。随着网站的受众的扩展,我们欢迎网站上的反馈和其他材料(mark.prescott@nc3rs.org.uk)。

猕猴的网站补充了我们先前关于公共果酱行为和照顾的网站www.marmosetcare.com,于2010年委托,我们的灵长类动物福利枢纽

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