MANZANITA WOOD: A SANITIZABLE ENRICHMENT OPTION FOR NONHUMAN PRIMATES

MANZANITA WOOD：非人类灵长类动物的可消毒浓缩选项

• 批准号: 8358159
• 负责人: KERITH LUCHINS
• 金额: $ 3.72万
• 依托单位: TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8358159
• 关键词: Address; Animals; Curiosities; Devices; Exploratory Behavior; Funding; Goals; Grant; Macaca mulatta; Methods; Monitor; National Center for Research Resources; Outcome; Plastics; Primates; Principal Investigator; Procedures; Research; Research Infrastructure; Resources; Risk; Sanitation; Source; Toy; United States National Institutes of Health; Wood material; cost; nonhuman primate; pathogen; transmission process

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. INTRODUCTION: Wooden objects are often utilized as nonhuman primate enrichment in order to provide variety and novelty, promote exploratory behavior, and supply an outlet for curiosity. However, concerns have been raised over the ability to sanitize wood using conventional cage wash procedures. METHODS: To address this concern we examined sanitation outcomes between plastic toys, wooden manipulanda, and animal cages after two weeks of use by caged rhesus macaques and immediately following a cage wash cycle. Both an ATP luminometer device, which is capable of providing an immediate assessment of sanitation levels, and traditional bacterial culture were employed, with a secondary goal of comparing these methods for sanitation monitoring. RESULTS/CONCLUSION: Results showed that the wood did not differ from plastic toys and caging with respect to the overall efficacy of cage wash sanitization. Therefore, Manzanita wood can be utilized as an appropriate option for nonhuman primate enrichment without risking pathogen transmission when rotated among nonhuman primates.

该子项目是利用资源的众多研究子项目之一 由 NIH/NCRR 资助的中心拨款提供。子项目的主要支持 并且子项目的主要研究者可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其他 NIH 来源。 子项目可能列出的总成本 代表子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， NCRR 赠款不直接向子项目或子项目工作人员提供资金。 简介：木制物品经常被用作非人类灵长类动物的丰富品，以提供多样性和新颖性，促进探索行为，并提供好奇心的出口。然而，人们对使用传统的笼子清洗程序对木材进行消毒的能力提出了担忧。方法：为了解决这个问题，我们检查了笼子里的恒河猴使用塑料玩具、木制机械手和动物笼子两周后以及在笼子清洗周期后立即进行的卫生结果。采用能够立即评估卫生水平的 ATP 光度计装置和传统细菌培养，第二个目标是比较这些卫生监测方法。结果/结论：结果表明，就笼子清洗消毒的总体效果而言，木材与塑料玩具和笼子没有差异。因此，Manzanita 木材可以用作非人类灵长类动物富集的适当选择，并且在非人类灵长类动物之间轮换时不会有病原体传播的风险。