# Proactive Management to Improve Laboratory Macaque Breeding Colony Health and Well-being

> **NIH NIH R24** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2021 · $757,888

## Abstract

Project Summary
This study will advance the current understanding of how management procedures that involve predictability,
opportunity and control can be implemented proactively to accomplish meaningful reductions in stress, social
aggression and trauma that generate a net cost savings for the CNPRC (and other primate facilities). Our
investigation of social network structure and dynamics using novel network measures and techniques will allow
us to gain a deeper understanding of whether/how these management strategies accomplish such reductions
in stress and trauma, such as offering methodologies for examining the complexity of social stability, and our
utilization of a thorough economic approach to calculate all costs associated with implementation of
management procedures will allow us to conclude with certainty which management strategies reduce
hospitalizations due to stress and trauma with minimal increases in staff time to yield significant cost savings
for the CNPRC (and other primate facilities), and ultimately improve animal health and well-being in a cost-
effective fashion.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10090056
- **Project number:** 1R24OD030036-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
- **Principal Investigator:** Brenda McCowan
- **Activity code:** R24 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $757,888
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-06-15 → 2025-07-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10090056

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10090056, Proactive Management to Improve Laboratory Macaque Breeding Colony Health and Well-being (1R24OD030036-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10090056. Licensed CC0.

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