# MAINTENANCE OF NIAID SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE MACAQUE BREEDING COLONIES

> **NIH NIH N01** · ALPHA GENESIS INC · 2024 · $444,000

## Abstract

Provision of quality nonhuman primates (NHP) for biomedical research is critical to achieving the NIH mandate to translate basic discovery work to clinical practice. These breeding colonies were originally established to ensure the NHP Transplantation Tolerance Cooperative Study Group funded investigators have access to the high quality, specific-pathogen-free (SPF), and Major-Histocompatibility typed Indian-origin rhesus and Mauritian cynomolgus macaques necessary for rigorous study design and completion of their study aims. Successful expansion increased total offspring produced by both colonies. As these animal mature, they will offset the ongoing need for research animals for NIAID-funded research. The COVID-19 pandemic and cessation of imports from China have exacerbated pre-existing shortfalls in available NHPs, highlighting the importance of these colonies as a reliable, domestic source of high-quality NHPs for translational research. this contract will support responsible maintenance and limited expansion of these SPF  colonies, including regular health monitoring, breeding and enrichment programs, as well as administrative activities that ensure timely provision of research animals to investigators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11095703
- **Project number:** 272201700046I-P00001-759302300001-1
- **Recipient organization:** ALPHA GENESIS INC
- **Principal Investigator:** GREG WESTERGAARD
- **Activity code:** N01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $444,000
- **Award type:** —
- **Project period:** 2017-09-30 → 2024-09-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11095703

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11095703, MAINTENANCE OF NIAID SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE MACAQUE BREEDING COLONIES (272201700046I-P00001-759302300001-1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11095703. Licensed CC0.

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