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Last Updated | 01/19/2021 09:01 AM |
Project Title | Animal Social Housing Project |
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City, State (County) | Bethesda, MD (Montgomery County) |
Category(s) | Animal/Plant/Fish Facility |
Sub-Category(s) | Animal/Plant/Fish Facility |
Contracting Method | Competitive Bids. |
Project Status | Results |
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Description | Renovation of existing animal holding rooms in the Building 49 Central Animal Facility. The renovation is designed to accommodate larger social groups of nonhuman primates (NHPs) and meet the expanding research mission of the NIMH and NEI. Being a social species, macaques form groups and coalitions which manifest complex behaviors and interactions. In order to study social behaviors, larger cohort groups are required. Current caging systems facilitate the pairing of two animals, whereas the new social group habitats will facilitate the housing of four or more animals in a social group. In addition to requiring larger social groups, in-cage testing paradigms are becoming more popular. In these scenarios, animals can decide when to work by independently using a touch screen video monitor without ever leaving their home cage. These testing modalities often require more room for the animal to maneuver than is available in our current caging systems. |
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