Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM

Amount

$79,923.00

Award Date

7/13/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Nonhuman primates are instrumental in research involving Category A-C biodefense pathogens. Cynomolgus macaques (M. Fascicularis) are particularly desirable because they are comparatively inexpensive and widely available. However, little is known about th