Combined Primate Transport and Restraint Device

Abstract

This paper describes a practical, inexpensive alternative to the standard poling and chairing method of transferring awake primates. Employing this device, a technician working alone can retrieve, restrain and position an awake primate without endangering either the animal or the technician. The device, basically a Plexiglas box, is placed against an animal's home cage. The animal is trained to avoid the squeeze mechanism of its home cage by entering the box. We describe modifications made to the box to adapt the standard one- ring animal collar and to accommodate animals of various sizes. We also present a top panel that can be angularly adjusted to allow for the animal's normal head carriage, thus avoiding the strain of holding the chin up for long periods of time. (jg)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA223183

Entities

People

  • Dave O. Robbins
  • Harry Zwick
  • Scottie B. Reynolds

Organizations

  • Letterman Army Hospital

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

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  • Animals
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Regions
  • Classification
  • Department Of Defense
  • Elements
  • Fruit Juices
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Maryland
  • Materials
  • Monkeys
  • Plexiglas
  • Primates
  • Rhesus Monkeys
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Transport Ships

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Systems Analysis and Design