BREEDING OF CYNOMOLGUS MONKEYS THROUGH SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS BY INDOOR CAGE SYSTEM

Abstract

Vital statistics on the breeding through successive generations were presented for the cynomolgus monkey colony of NIH, Tokyo. The results of this retrospective survey clearly demonstrated the third (F₂) and the fourth (F₃) generations could be bred and reared successfully by the indoor caged-breeding system in which either individual timed-mating or group mating procedure was adopted. Several important and difficult problems involved in the production of successive generations of the cynomolgus monkey by our breeding system were discussed from the standpoint of laboratory animal science.