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Centre de Primatologie (CdP) (Established 1978)
Primate Center, Lab or Research Program
Web Site: http://www-ulp.u-strasbg.fr/article.php/0/4/1-077-120-206/le-centre-de-primatologie

Director: Nicolas Herrenschmidt
Phone: +33 388 13 78 78   Fax: +33 388 13 78 79   E-Mail: nicolas.herrenschmidt@unistra.fr
Fort Foch, Niederhausbergen, F-67207 FRANCE
Institution: Universite de Strasbourg

Mission: Ethological research in primates living in semi-freedom; Breeding and housing of primates in social groups as a provision of services; Quarantine and primate production;collaboration with biomedical research; Fellowship and Training in primatology.

Clientele: Public and private institutions

Principal Research Programs: The "Ethologie et Ecologie Comportementale des Primates " team studies: social organisation and evolutionary strategies; communication and information transmission; collective decisions and cognitive processes.

Training Opportunities: Educational opportunities available for: Graduate in ethology; Continuing Education " Etude et Elevage des primates" "le primate en recherche biomédicale" " le marmouset en recherche" for professionals; Training courses for care keepers (Husbandry, alimentation, pathology, ...); Initation for college

Financial Aid: No financial aid

Number of Staff: 20

Associated Field Sites: D.E.P.E. (Departement'Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie) Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien UMR 7178 CNRS ULP Bat 30 Campus CNRS 23 rue Becquerel F-67087 Strasbourg - France Contact Person: Bernard THIERRY (bernard.thierry@c-strasbourg.fr)

Supported Species: 80 Callithrix jacchus (common marmoset), 20 Cebus apella (tufted capuchin), 15 Cebus capucinus (white-faced capuchin), 20 Chlorocebus aethiops (grivet), 7 Eulemur macaco (black lemur), 25 Eulemur fulvus (brown lemur), 70 Macaca mulatta (rhesus macaque), 30 Macaca tonkeana (Tonkean macaque), 150 Macaca fascicularis (long-tailed macaque), 4 Saguinus oedipus (cotton-top tamarin)

Last Updated: 2009-04-15

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