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The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research
- 1st Edition - November 19, 2018
- Editors: Robert P. Marini, Lynn M. Wachtman, Suzette D. Tardif, Keith Mansfield, James G. Fox
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 8 2 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 8 3 0 - 6
The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research is the first text dedicated exclusively to this species,filling an urgent need for an encyclopedic compilation of the exist… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research is the first text dedicated exclusively to this species,filling an urgent need for an encyclopedic compilation of the existing information. Sponsored by the American
College of Laboratory Animal Medicine as part of its authoritative Blue Book series, the book covers the biology,management, diseases, and clinical and research applications of this important species. The common marmoset
(Callithrix jacchus) has come of age in the scientific community as a behaviorally complex, cognitively advanced,small, prolific, and easily maintained nonhuman primate with many of the advantages of larger animals, such as
macaques, but without the attendant physical and zoonotic risks.
Marmosets are currently being used in diverse areas of inquiry, including vision and auditory research, infectious disease, cognitive neuroscience, behavior, reproductive biology, toxicology and drug development, and aging. The
marmoset genome has been sequenced and there is currently an intensive effort to apply gene editing technologies to the species. The creation of transgenic marmosets will provide researchers with a small nonhuman primate
model to study a number of poorly understood disorders, like autism.
- Presents a complete view of the marmoset, covering their biology and management, diseases and clinical applications, and research applications
- Includes contributions from renowned and international authors and editors
- Provides the first authoritative and comprehensive treatment of marmosets in biomedical research as part of the ACLAM Series
Vivarium professionals maintaining marmoset colonies, veterinarians responsible for their care and well-being, zoologists and ethologists studying the species, and investigators using them to gain critical insights into human physiology and disease
- No. of pages: 570
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 19, 2018
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128118290
- eBook ISBN: 9780128118306
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Robert P. Marini
Robert P. Marini, DVM, DACLAM, Assistant Director, is a member of MIT’s Division of Comparative Medicine’s clinical staff and is Chief of the Division’s clinical surgical facilities. Dr. Marini is responsible for coordinating and supervising all major survival surgery in non-rodent mammalian species.
Affiliations and expertise
MIT Division of Comparative Medicine, Cambridge, MA USALW
Lynn M. Wachtman
Harvard Medical School, Boston MA USA
Affiliations and expertise
Lynn M. Wachtman, DVM, MPH, is a clinical veterinarian and instructor in Pathology at Harvard Medical School.ST
Suzette D. Tardif
Suzette D. Tardif, Ph.D., is the Associate Director of Research at the Southwest National Primate Research Center. She is an adjunct faculty of The Barshop Institute. The Tardif laboratory's activities center on the development of the marmoset monkey as a disease model. Dr. Tardiff is a past-President of the American Society of Primatologists.
Affiliations and expertise
Barshop Institute for Longevity & Aging Studies, San Antonio, TX USAKM
Keith Mansfield
Keith Mansfield is Associate Director for Resource and Collaborative Affairs and Chair, Division of Primate Resources, New England National Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Southborough, US. His research focuses on primarily on the recognition of spontaneously occurring infectious diseases of nonhuman primates and their development into novel animal models to investigate disease pathogenesis.
Affiliations and expertise
Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research,Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.JF
James G. Fox
Prof. Fox obtained his Master of Science degree in Medical Microbiology at Stanford University and a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Dr. Fox is an Adjunct Professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. He is a Diplomate and a past president of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine, past president of the Massachusetts Society of Medical Research, past chairman of AAALAC Council, and past chairman of the NCCR/NIH Comparative Medicine Study Section. He also is an elected fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America. In 2004 Professor Fox was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Comparative Medicine, Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USARead The Common Marmoset in Captivity and Biomedical Research on ScienceDirect