LABORATORY PRIMATE NEWSLETTER Vol . 49 , No . 1 January 2010

s of the 2002, 2007, and 2008 conferences of the Australasian Primate Society are now available at . Updated Guidance in Protocol Review The Guidance section of the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) home page, , has updated its Commentary on Lab Animal Protocol Review Columns. “A Word from OLAW and USDA” responds to the topic Required Modifications and Designated Member Reviews in the July, 2009, issue. The November, 2009, issue addresses Categorizing Insufficient Pain Alleviation. To further explore these and other topics, browse the OLAW Topic Index. – from the National Institutes of Health, November 28 Evolution Versus Creation This is a Yahoo group, at , featuring discussions of past and current events in science, technology, and society. Interspecies Dosage Calculator The Federal Drug Administration has brought back the Interspecies Dosage Calculator, which will allow you to convert dosages from mg/kg to mg/sq-m (body surface area) and allow you to determine equivalent doses across species. . – posted to COMPMED by Bob Harris First Voluntary Gorilla Blood Pressure Reading Zoo Atlanta recently became the first zoological institution in the world to obtain voluntary blood pressure readings from a gorilla. This groundbreaking stride was made possible by the Gorilla Tough Cuff, a blood pressure reading system devised through partnership with the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. Created as a senior design project by biomedical engineering undergraduates David Sotto, Nisha Bhatia, Stephanie Drewicz, and Scott Seaman, the prototype has now been successfully tested on one of Zoo Atlanta’s 22 western lowland gorillas. The students also had guidance from Professors Hanjoong Jo, and Franklin Bost.