Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research

Keith Mansfield is Associate Director for Resource and Collaborative Affairs and Chair, Division of Primate Resources, New England National Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Southborough, US. His research focuses on primarily on the recognition of spontaneously occurring infectious diseases of nonhuman primates and their development into novel animal models to investigate disease pathogenesis. Suzette D. Tardif, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of Research at the Southwest National Primate Research Center. She is an adjunct faculty of The Barshop Institute. The Tardif laboratory's activities center on the development of the marmoset monkey as a disease model. Dr. Tardiff is a past-President of the American Society of Primatologists.

"This two-volume set builds on the earlier volumes, updates and expands the material to include a more international perspective on regulatory oversight, important model systems, and research areas where non-human primates play a pivotal role. High-resolution color images support the text. The first volume contains 19 contributions, beginning with a history and including discussion of laws and regulations and of non-human primate taxonomy, social behavior, reproduction and breeding, and housing, as well as clinical and surgical techniques, anesthesia, and safety. The second volume, on diseases, contains 18 contributions on the specifics of research pertaining to tuberculosis, parasitic diseases, malaria, atherosclerosis, diabetes and obesity, nervous system disorders, and drug and alcohol addiction, among other topics." --Reference and Research Book News, August 2012

• Volume 2: Diseases Viral DiseasesBacterial and Mycotic DiseasesPrimates in Tuberculosis ResearchParasitic DiseasesNon-Human Primate Models for Human Malaria ResearchNeoplastic and Proliferative Disorders of Nonhuman PrimatesHematopoietic, Cardiovascular, Lymphoid and Mononuclear Phagocyte SystemsNonhuman Primate Models of AtherosclerosisRespiratory DiseasesUrogenital SystemDiseases of the IntegumentDigestive SystemArthritis, Muscle, Adipose Tissue and Bone Diseases Nonhuman Primates in Diabetes and Obesity ResearchNervous System Disorders and ModelsA Review of the Use of NHPs in Basic and Applied Research Focused on the Motor SystemImaging in Nonhuman Primate ResearchNonhuman Primates in Drug and Alcohol Addiction Research