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NALT Full

Preferred term

pole and collar technique

Definition

A transfer technique used in laboratories to move nonhuman primates safely from their home cage to a restraint chair. The animal is fitted with a collar to which handlers attach a pole, which is used to guide the animal towards the chair.
Source: See McMillan, J. L., Perlman, J. E., Galvan, A., Wichmann, T., & Bloomsmith, M. A. (2014). Refining the pole-and-collar method of restraint: emphasizing the use of positive training techniques with rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 53(1), 61–68.
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

restraint of animals

In other languages

técnica de vara y collar

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/19070557

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