This $349,501.00 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Infrastructure Programs (CFDA 93.351) supports the purchase and installation of pen housing for a harem breeding colony of pigtail macaques (Macaca nemestrina) at the University of Washington's Washington National Primate Research Center (WANPRC).
The goal is to increase the efficiency and availability of the pigtail macaque breeding program in Seattle to meet the needs of biomedical researchers, while also improving the animal welfare by increasing socialization and housing space compared to individual caging. The new pen housing system will eliminate the need for monitoring female reproductive cycles and scheduling mating, leading to increased breeding program production and decreased lead times for initiating research projects utilizing these non-human primate models.
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