Abstract

The Veterinary Services Core is responsible for maintaining the pedigreed baboon colony, managing the breeding groups, and conducting the experimental procedures using baboons. Colony maintenance includes feeding assigned diets, cleaning cages, observing animals for signs of illness, treating sick animals, and maintaining animal database records. Breeding colony management includes maintaining sire-dam assignments, monitoring dams for pregnancies, recording births in the animal database, and culling unproductive animals from the colony. Experimental procedures include the dual and triple dietary challenges, adiposity measurements by bioimpedance, blood sampling, and biopsy of core adipose tissue. Animal caretakers are responsible for animal maintenance and for experimental diet preparation. Veterinary technicians provide health care and are responsible for experimental procedures.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01HL028972-25
Application #
7393755
Study Section
Project Start
2007-04-01
Project End
2008-03-31
Budget Start
2007-04-01
Budget End
2008-03-31
Support Year
25
Fiscal Year
2007
Total Cost
$376,526
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Department
Type
DUNS #
007936834
City
San Antonio
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
78245

  Publications

Mahaney, Michael C; Karere, Genesio M; Rainwater, David L et al. (2018) Diet-induced early-stage atherosclerosis in baboons: Lipoproteins, atherogenesis, and arterial compliance. J Med Primatol 47:3-17
Joganic, Jessica L; Willmore, Katherine E; Richtsmeier, Joan T et al. (2018) Additive genetic variation in the craniofacial skeleton of baboons (genus Papio) and its relationship to body and cranial size. Am J Phys Anthropol 165:269-285
Eichel, Kaleigh Anne; Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers (2016) Variation in the nasal cavity of baboon hybrids with implications for late Pleistocene hominins. J Hum Evol 94:134-45
Tiyasatkulkovit, Wacharaporn; Malaivijitnond, Suchinda; Charoenphandhu, Narattaphol et al. (2014) Pueraria mirifica extract and puerarin enhance proliferation and expression of alkaline phosphatase and type I collagen in primary baboon osteoblasts. Phytomedicine 21:1498-503
Chen, Shuyuan; Bastarrachea, Raul A; Roberts, Brad J et al. (2014) Successful ? cells islet regeneration in streptozotocin-induced diabetic baboons using ultrasound-targeted microbubble gene therapy with cyclinD2/CDK4/GLP1. Cell Cycle 13:1145-51
Higgins, Paul B; Rodriguez, Perla J; Voruganti, V Saroja et al. (2014) Body composition and cardiometabolic disease risk factors in captive baboons (Papio hamadryas sp.): sexual dimorphism. Am J Phys Anthropol 153:9-14
Karere, Genesio M; Glenn, Jeremy P; Birnbaum, Shifra et al. (2013) Identification of candidate genes encoding an LDL-C QTL in baboons. J Lipid Res 54:1776-85
Shi, Qiang; Hodara, Vida; Simerly, Calvin R et al. (2013) Ex vivo reconstitution of arterial endothelium by embryonic stem cell-derived endothelial progenitor cells in baboons. Stem Cells Dev 22:631-42
Shi, Qiang; Schatten, Gerald; Hodara, Vida et al. (2013) Endothelial reconstitution by CD34+ progenitors derived from baboon embryonic stem cells. J Cell Mol Med 17:242-51
Rodríguez-Sánchez, I P; Garza-Rodríguez, M L; Mohamed-Noriega, K et al. (2013) Olfactomedin-like 3 (OLFML3) gene expression in baboon and human ocular tissues: cornea, lens, uvea, and retina. J Med Primatol 42:105-11

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