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Recommendation 1: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) , through the National Center for Research Resources, should update and reimplement the National Primate Plan to ensure a stable means for transporting nonhuman primates into and within the United States.
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. Therefore, the majority of nonhuman primate resources in the United States must be transported by air, both into the United States and generally to their final destination (see Figure 5-1 for the locations of research facilities, importation sites, and vendors of nonhuman primates)
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83 pri nonhuman of vendors and sites, importation major primates, nonhuman using facilities research of States. Locations United 5-1 the in FIGURE mates
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In some ways, the domestic air transportation system is more likely to reach a crisis point because currently only one domestic airline will transport nonhuman primates within the United States. A similar situation arose several years ago, when US airlines refused to carry day-old chicks and adult avian species via airmail transport.
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In the committee's judgment, the most promising solution for permanently addressing the declining availability of transport services is to update and reimplement the National Primate Plan. An updated National Primate Plan could ensure allowances for increased costs associated with domestic private chartering where necessary and relaunch the nation's efforts to develop domestic production of the most commonly used nonhuman primates to meet national needs.
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Because it is unlikely that the airline industry itself would be in a position to pay for the development of such units, the cost must be borne by the shipping and animal research communities at large. The resulting improvements in terms of safety, security, and convenience may encourage more airlines to transport nonhuman primates and other species that pose similar problems.
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regulations, which are the federal regulations that establish standards for animal welfare that apply to most species of research animals during transportation. The AWA regulations are organized by groups of common species: 9 CFR 3 subpart A details standards for the transportation of dogs and cats, subpart B covers guinea pigs and hamsters, subpart C covers rabbits, subpart D covers nonhuman primates, etc.
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) ; however, this information does not have to be included in the certification that must accompany rabbits, guinea pigs, or hamsters.
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