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Beignet the Rhesus Macaque and Positive Reinforcement

Positive reinforcement is used to train research animals to participate in essential studies. Here you see Beignet, a male rhesus macaque monkey, being rewarded as he voluntarily gets into a chair and then closes the door. These chairs are important to keep the animal safe and comfortable while…

Naptime

Gus and Frank, like most dogs, enjoy interacting with each other. They live in the same enclosure and love to nap together. These dogs participated in a vaccine research study for a new dog vaccine.

Cupped Hands to Handle Mice

Handling mice with cupped hands has been shown to reduce stress. Animals that are stress-free allow scientists to gather accurate and more reliable data during the research study.

Tunnel Time

Mice are social species, like to make nests and hide. Mice in research are housed with other mice and provided with tunnels and nesting material to ensure that they can carry out their natural behaviors. Tunnels can also be used to safely and comfortably pick up the mice.…