Judyth Vary Baker: Living in Exile

[James H. Fetzer]

Good one, Jack. I will check with Judyth. Try these for size. I think she is right:



"The common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) is a small, nonendangered New World primate that is native to Brazil and has been used extensively in biomedical research. Historically the common marmoset has been used in neuroscience, reproductive biology, infectious disease, and behavioral research. Recently, the species has been used increasingly in drug development and safety assessment. Advantages relate to size, cost, husbandry, and biosafety issues as well as unique physiologic differences that may be used in model development. Availability and ease of breeding in captivity suggest that they may represent an alternative species to more traditional nonhuman primates. The marmoset models commonly used in biomedical research are presented, with emphasis on those that may provide an alternative to traditional nonhuman primate species."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14524414

[quote name='Jack White' post='190628' date='Apr 24 2010, 12:15 AM']
Jim...MARMOSET monkeys are not THUMBSIZED. Here is a photo of a BABY one next to a soft drink
can. Note the price....$2000 for one. I think that is a little expensive for research purposes.

Jack

[quote name='James H. Fetzer' post='190598' date='Apr 23 2010, 07:01 PM']
How do you know whether a post is REPEATED or REPETITIVE if you don't read them?

The monkeys were not kept in "the mouse house". They were probably kept at the
Tulane Primate Center in Covington, which, I gather, houses the largest collection of
research primates in the world. Some marmosets, which are thumb-sized primates,
not real monkeys, were housed at the mouse house, as Judyth has explained to me.[/quote]
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