Tulane Regional Primate Research Center, established in November 1964, is the largest of 7 such facilities in the United States. Part of the Tulane University Medical Center, the Primate Center is devoted to medical and biologic research in which nonhuman primates play an important role. The center's research focus is on infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and parasites. The staff includes scientists and veterinarians working in numerous areas, such as bacteriology, molecular biology, virology, parasitology, immunology, urology, primate medicine, pathology, reproductive physiology, biomedical engineering, and medical entomology. Tulane Regional Primate Research Center has 12 species of monkeys and a total census of 4,500.
Veterinary care is provided by three clinical veterinarians.
The center is accredited by the American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care and licensed by the Centers for Disease Control. It is also inspected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as required by the Animal Welfare Act of Congress. The Center is located 35 miles north of New Orleans in Covington, Louisiana. It has seven buildings with 90,000 sq.