REPRODUCTION OF THE OWL MONKEY (AOTUS SPP) IN CAPTIVITY

Citation
Ca. Malaga et al., REPRODUCTION OF THE OWL MONKEY (AOTUS SPP) IN CAPTIVITY, Journal of medical primatology, 26(3), 1997, pp. 147-152
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
ISSN journal
00472565
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
147 - 152
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-2565(1997)26:3<147:ROTOM(>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The reproduction performance of captive owl monkeys, a breed used exte nsively in biomedical research, was observed at the Battelle Primate F acility (BPF). The colony grew through captive breeding, imports from the Peruvian Primatological Project, and others to a peak size of 730. It included seven karyotypes of Aotus sp. Results showed that owl mon keys can breed successfully in a laboratory in numbers sufficient to s ustain modest research programs. Reproductive success increases when p airs are compatible, of the same karyotype, and stabilized; however, m ated pairs of different karyotype are also productive. Under condition s of controlled lighting and heating, owl monkeys at BPF showed no bir th peak nor birth season.