Reductions in the supplies of imported primates have resulted in some 
major governmental efforts to develop domestic primate production colonies. 
The Public Health Service (PHS), having prime responsibility for conduct 
of health activities, initiated actions to secure continuing supply of 
research primates. « 
* The NIH Division of Research Resources (DRR), since 1973, has 
funded contracts with five institutions for primate production 
programs which ultimately are to become self-sufficient without 
Federal support. 
* The seven Regional Primate Research Centers, in 1973, adopted a 
goal to become self-sufficient in meeting their own primate needs. 
They are currently able to meet about 50 percent of their needs. The 
Regional Primate Research Centers receive their core support from 
DRR. 
* The NTH Division of Research Services, since 1973, has funded 
three primate production colonies which are designed to meet the 
majority of NlH's intramural program needs. 
* Several of the NIH institutes have contracts for breeding pri¬ 
mates for certain specific needs related to their programs. For 
example, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop¬ 
ment supports a timed-pregnant rhesus monkey colony as a resource 
for intramural and extramural reproductive studies. The National 
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute funds special primate breeding 
programs for the development of models of atherosclerosis and the 
production of chimpanzees for the study of serum hepatitis. 
* The Food and Drug Administration, Bureau of Biologies, since 
1973, has funded contracts with several institutions for primate 
production programs to eventually meet 100 percent of its needs. 
* The Center for Disease Control, since 1976, has internally 
operated a production colony of rhesus monkeys to eventually meet 
at least 25 percent of its needs. 
Other Federal agencies, sponsors, and performers are also involved in 
domestic primate production in limited degrees largely to fulfill their 
own special needs. Appendix D summarizes federally supported domestic 
breeding programs. 
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