IACUC Learning Module - Primates

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Nonhuman Primates "Take-Home" module

To allow greater flexibility for research staff, the Department of University Animal Care has prepared this "self-instruction" module in Nonhuman Primates. Please read the following general information then complete the quiz. In order to become certified for protocol purposes, you must receive an 85% or above.

    All primate users must complete this checklist of required primate training

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION
• CLASSIFICATION OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES
• BEHAVIOR
• HOUSING
  • Social Grouping
  • Environmental Enrichment
  • Special Considerations
• DIETARY REQUIREMENTS
• OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY ISSUES
  • Precautions For Human Handlers
• RESTRAINT
• ANESTHESIA & ANALGESIA
  • General Principles
  • Stages of General Anesthesia
  • Characteristics of Anesthesia
  • Signs of Pain
  • Perianesthetic Management
  • Patient Care Prior to Anesthesia
  • Patient Care During Anesthesia
  • Reflexes Commonly Used to Monitor Extent of Anesthesia
  • Anesthesia Monitoring Parameters & Methods
  • Patient Care Postanesthesia
  • Anesthetic Agents
  • Preanesthetic Agents
  • Injectible Anesthetics
  • Inhalant Anesthetics
  • Analgesic Agents
  • Principles of Inhalation Anesthesia
  • Endotracheal Intubation
• ASEPTIC SURGERY
  • Facilities/Features/Equipment
  • Personnel
  • Preoperative Preparation
  • Patient Preoperative Preparation
  • Surgical Instruments & Drapes
  • Operating Room Procedures
  • Aseptic Technique
  • Intraoperative Monitoring
  • Postoperative Care
  • Postoperative Records
  • Euthanasia
• USES
• ADDENDUM 1: ZOONOSES OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES
  • Shigella/Salmonella
  • Campylobacter
  • Viral Hepatitis
  • Monkey Pox
  • Marburg Disease
  • Ebola and Ebola-like Viruses
  • Miscellaneous Primate Zoonoses
• ADDENDUM 2:
  • Catching and Restraining a Caged, Conscious Nonhuman Primate
  • Intramuscular Injection Technique
  • Blood Collection
  • Intravenous Injections
  • Administering Intragastric Medication to a Nonhuman Primate
• ADDENDUM 3: PRIMATES IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
• TABLES
  
  • CLASSIFICATION OF NONHUMAN PRIMATES
  • MINIMAL ENCLOSURE SIZES
  • ENRICHMENT DEVICES
• REFERENCES
• QUIZ & EVALUATION

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