Infant Primate Research Laboratory-Seattle WA

monkey picture Infant Primate Research Laboratory

University of Washington

Supported by NIH grants RR00166 and HD02274 through the Washington Regional Primate Research Center and the Center on Human Development and Disability

The objectives of the IPRL are:

To house and care for infant animals and pregnant females that require both routine and specialized care and equipment on a 24-hour per day basis so as to fully optimize survival and to minimize morbidity.
To document the development of neonates who are at risk from developmental and environmental factors such as prematurity, low birth-weight, maternal rejection, hypoxia, trauma, surgery, congenital abnormalities, genetic defects, in-utero exposure to teratogens or stress, viral infections such as HIV, and other problems of infancy.
To provide expertise and consultation to investigators that require assessment of subjects and equipment assigned to their project.
To train and provide on-site supervision of personnel from various grants and projects active in the facility.
To provide investigators with normative standards of development for both clinical and experimental comparisons.
To perform experiments to determine the benefits of new husbandry equipment and procedures.
To accumulate and document data on normal and abnormal growth and development of those species most commonly used by investigators at the University of Washington as part of routine clinical care and to contribute to information concerning the natural biology of the animals.
To monitor and provide innovative responses as new areas of research develop to meet the needs of Affiliates.

View the online version of the IPRL's

Research Protocol &Technician's Manual
A Guide to the Care, Feeding, & Evaluation of Infant Monkeys
Gerald C. Ruppenthal & Gene P. Sackett

IPRL Colony Norm Reports