Primates Used in Research Labs
How do primates end up in laboratories?
The primates that are used for researches are bred in government facilities, born in labs, or captured in the wild. Baby primates are permanently separated from their mothers. The primates captured from the wild are placed in tiny crates with little or no food or water. These primates still wait in filthy holding centers until they are transferred to their destined laboratory.
What primates are most frequently used in research?
An analysis conducted by the Human Society of the United States, from 2000 through mid 2002, showed that the macaques were the most frequently used monkeys in research labs. A scientist tested on chimpanzees to study HIV, however it had no effect so they decided to try the disease on macaques and other small monkeys.
Chimpanzees and other primates are given infectious diseases, even though decades on these experiments on primates have failed to produce effective vaccines for humans.
Primates are being used for AIDS and Ebola experimentation.
Primates in research labs are being used for experimentation. Testing using primates should be ended because the animals can come out harmed. Most primates aren't eve being used when they're taken into these labs. They just stay there and are simply being warehoused.
Reports show that primates aren't necessary for research.
The Institution of Medicine examined the necessity of primate use in research labs. The report did not identify any current field in which chimpanzees were definitely necessary. Even though animal experiments on chimpanzees have been outlawed in most of the world, the U.S. still uses great apes to research.
What types of experiments are conducted using primates?
Primates are used in various areas of research including human pathologies such as HIV, Parkinson's disease and Hepatitis. Also, physical disorders such as depression and anxiety.During infectious disease research, monkeys are infected and the resulting disease is allowed to progress, which can result in symptoms such as severe diarrhea and dehydration. In some cases, the primates receive no intervention and die from the disease being studied.