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Primate Services (Bethesda and Poolesville), Division of Veterinary Resources, Office of Research Services

Government Agency

Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Primate Services (Bethesda and Poolesville), Division of Veterinary Resources, Office of Research Services (Established 1988)
9000 Rockville Pike, Building 14D, Room 301 , Bethesda , Maryland 20892 USA
Director: Charmaine Foltz (Acting) Phone: 1 (301) 496-2527
Affiliations: National Institutes of Health

Mission: To provide centralized professional and technical support to intramural research efforts using laboratory animals, including animal procurement, production, housing, husbandry, quarantine, diagnostic services, and a wide variety of professional services; To advise researchers on selection of appropriate animal models, animal health, nutrition, behavior, reproduction, and human care. Staff also participates in collaborative research.

Principal Research Programs: Aging; Infectious diseases; Cancer; Behavior; Drug and alcohol abuse; Transplantation

Key Personnel: Charmaine Foltz, Acting Director, Phone: 301-496-2527, E-mail: foltzc@mail.nih.gov
Scott Green, Facility Management Branch Chief, Phone: 301-496-2527, E-mail: greens1@mail.nih.gov
Alphie Cisar, Colony Management, Phone: 301-496-9416, E-mail: cisara@mail.nih.gov
Doug Powell, Senior Staff Veterinarian, Phone: 301-496-9416, E-mail: powelld@mail.nih.gov


Species Supported: Approximately 1200 animals including:; "Macaca mulatta"; "Macaca fascicularis"; "Macaca nemestrina"; "Papio sp."; "Cercopithecus aethiops"; "Saimiri sp"; "Aotus sp."

Web Site: http://dvrnet.ors.od.nih.gov/index.asp

Entry created: 1998-03-30
Review requested: 2003-11-17
Entry last reviewed: 2006-10-18


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