Problems and Opportunities of Breeding Primates

Schmidt, L. H.

doi:10.1159/000393392

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“…Primates became the solution. Since Darwin, evolutionary proximity had made non-human primates preferred, if contentious, 'exotic' (Clarke, 1987) research subjects, especially but not only in the reproductive sciences (Bourne, 1973;Fridman, 2002;Goldsmith and Moor-Jankowski, 1972;Haraway, 1989;Schmidt, 1972). The infrastructures of basic science could be expanded to serve clinical medicine (Fridman, 2002;Goldsmith and Moor-Jankowski, 1972).…”

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confidence: 99%

Transposing bodies of knowledge and technique: Animal models at work in reproductive sciences

Friese

Clarke

2012

Soc Stud Sci

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A prominent feature of biological and biomedical research and therapeutics over the past century is the entanglement of human and other animal bodies in the making and remaking of knowledge, techniques and products. In this paper, we explore how animal models work in two different but interrelated situations: early/mid 20th-century reproductive sciences focused on human biomedicine; and early 21st-century assisted reproduction of endangered animals in zoos. We use the concept of ‘transposition’ to describe and compare how findings about different species, the infrastructures supporting different species and the body parts of different animal species have been mobilized at these sites. We show how such mobilizations create dynamic relationships in organizational, discursive and embodied ways. The two case studies illuminate the changing practices of modelling within the reproductive sciences, and the changing kinds of work animal models have done in those fields.

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Section: Transposing Infrastructuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transposing bodies of knowledge and technique: Animal models at work in reproductive sciences

Friese

Clarke

2012

Soc Stud Sci

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“…Given current interest in the development of an anti-malarial vaccine Mitchell et al, 1977], demand may in fact increase considerably. As has been pointed out by Schmidt [1972], interest in Aotus as a laboratory model has expanded in an explosive fashion, largely because of the increasing resistance of malaria parasites (Plasmodium spp.) to antimalarial drugs.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gestation and Inter-Birth Intervals in the Owl Monkey (Aotus trivirgatus griseimembra)

Hunter¹,

Martín²,

Dixson³

et al. 1979

IJFP

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A single, timed mating indicated a gestation period of 133 days for Aotus trivirgatus griseimembra. This figure is confirmed by approximate correspondence with minimum inter-birth intervals, results from radioimmunoassay of urinary oestrogens during pregnancy, and general agreement with a logarithmic plot of gestation period against body weight for simian primates. Birth data indicate that owl monkey females in present colonies in captivity breed throughout the year and will, on average, produce 3 infants every 2 years. There is no evidence of a characteristic post-partum oestrus.

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“…Nonhuman primates continue to make significant contributions to human health through their role in comparative biomedical research in vaccine development, toxicology, teratogenesis, reproduction, xenotransplantation, and infectious diseases along with their therapy (Schmidt 1972;Eichberg 1989;Dormont and others 1990;Kalter and Heberling 1995). With today's growing sophistication in research and technology there is a demand for a comparably high-quality animal model that was foreseen in 1972 (Neurauter and Goodwin 1972).…”

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confidence: 99%