A refined technique for feeding newborn rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Sonya Ingram, DVM, Yanisbel Fernandez, Kelly Hopper, DVM, MS, Pablo Morales, DVM & Joseph Wagner, DVM, DACLAM
Nursery-reared infant rhesus macaques ( Macaca mulatta) have a relatively high risk
of aspiration pneumonia because they are typically fed using kitten bottles or syringes
or by gavage. These feeding techniques also have the disadvantage of making it
difficult to determine how much formula an infant actually consumes. To address
these concerns, the authors developed a refined feeding device for infant macaques.
Use of this device resulted in no cases of aspiration pneumonia or other feedingrelated
health complications. The authors conclude that the refined device is a safe and effective way to feed infant macaques.
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