FrontMatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Keynote Speaker -- Primate Priorities- An International Perspective John P. Hearn, MSc, PhD -- Session 1 Conservation and Supply, Part 1 -- Sustainable Utilization of Kenyan Nonhuman Primates for Biomedical and Conservation Research--Jason M. Mwenda, PhD -- Supply and Use of Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: A South African Perspective--Jürgen Seier, PhD, MSc -- Sustainable Primate Resources Through SPF Breeding Programs in Indonesia--Joko Pamungkas, DVM, MS, and Dondin Sajuthi -- Use of Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research in India: Current Status and Future Prospects--A. J. Rao, PhD -- Initiative for Primate Resources, Biomedical Research, and Conservation in Nepal--Mukesh K. Chalise, PhD, MSc -- Chinese Primate Status and Primate Captive Breeding for Biomedical Research in China--Zhiyong Fan, MS, and Yanling Song -- The Breeding of Naturally Occurring B Virus-free Cynomolgus Monkeys ( Macaca fascicularis) on the Island of Mauritius--Mary Ann Stanley, BSc -- Primates for 21st Century Biomedicine: The St. Kitts Vervet ( Chlorocebus aethiops, SK)--Frank Ervin, MD, and Roberta Palmour -- Session 1: Panel Discussion -- Session 2 Conservation and Supply, Part 2 -- Nonhuman Primates in Preclinical Research: The EU Situation--Gerhard Hunsmann, MD -- Providing Investigators and Vaccine Producers with Laboratory Primates in the Russian Federation--Boris A. Lapin, PhD, MD -- Nonhuman Primate Resource Needs: A Moving Target--Jerry Robinson, PhD, and Greg Beattie, MSc, D.A.B.T. -- Center for the Breeding and Conservation of Primates of the Peruvian Primatology Project--Enrique Montoya, DVM -- Session 2: Panel Discussion -- Session 3 Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates -- Nutrient Requirements of Nonhuman Primates--Committee on Animal Nutrition, Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, NRC.

Session 4 Genetics -- Nonhuman Primates in Genetic Research on Common Diseases--John L. VandeBerg, PhD, and Sarah Williams-Blangero, PhD -- Genetic Considerations in the Management of Captive Nonhuman Primates--Sarah Williams-Blangero, PhD, and John L. VandeBerg, PhD* -- Influence of MHC Gene Products on Immune Control of AIDS Virus Infection: Consideration for Use in Nonhuman- Primate Resources--Thomas C. Friedrich, BS, and David I. Watkins, PhD -- Indian- and Chinese-origin Rhesus Macaques for AIDS-related Research: Comparison of Vaginal Transmission Efficiency of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), Viral Loads, and Virusspecific Antibody Responses--Marta L. Marthas, PhD, Ding Lu, M. C. T. Pened -- Session 4: Panel Discussion -- Session 5 Microbiology -- Microbiological Problems in Nonhuman Primates Used in Research--Gary Baskin, DVM -- Nonhuman Primate Importation and Quarantine: United States, 1981-2001--Tom DeMarcus, MS -- Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Nonhuman Primates--S. L. Motzel, DVM, MS, PhD, R. D. Schachner, R. W. Kornegay, M. A. Fletcher, B. Kanaya, J. A. Gomez, D. T-W Ngai, W. J. Pouch, M. V. Washington, L. A. Handt, J. L. Wagner and H. J. Klein, VMD -- Specific Pathogen-free Rhesus Macaques--Keith Mansfield, DVM -- Session 5: Panel Discussion -- Session 6 Transportation -- OLAW Perspective on Transportation of Nonhuman Primates--Nelson Garnett, DVM -- Transportation of Primates and the Animal Welfare Act--Jerry DePoyster, DVM -- International Transportation of Nonhuman Primates: US Fish and Wildlife Service Perspective--Michael Kreger, MS, PhD, and Monica Farris -- The Toronto Zoo--William A. Rapley, DVM, MSc -- Chinese Macaques-East Meets West--C. K. Hsu, DVM, PhD, MPH, and Ruishen Jia -- Session 6: Panel Discussion -- Session 7 Unresolved Issues -- Session 7: Panel Discussion -- Conference Summary.

Conference Summary--William R. Morton, VMD -- Appendix A International Perspectives: The Future of Nonhuman Primate Resources Program -- Appendix B Glossary of Abbreviations -- Appendix C Committee Bios International Perspectives: The Future of Nonhuman Primate Resources.