Nada Raja, Thamayanthi
Hu, Ting Huey
Zainudin, Ramlah
Lee, Kim Sung
Perkins, Susan L.
Singh, Balbir
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia (FRGS/ST03(05)/966/2013(07))
Article History
Received: 31 August 2017
Accepted: 27 March 2018
First Online: 10 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Sarawak has no legislation on the use of animals in research. Nevertheless, this study was carried out in strict accordance with the recommendations by the Sarawak Forestry Department for the capture, use and release of wild macaques. A veterinarian took blood samples from macaques following anaesthesia and all efforts were made to minimize suffering by collecting blood from macaques at the trap sites and releasing the animals immediately after the blood samples had been obtained. The Sarawak Forestry Department approved the study protocol for capture, collection of blood samples and release of wild macaques (Permits Numbers: NPW.907.4.2-32, NPW.907.4.2-97, NPW.907.4.2-98, 57/2006 and 70/2007). A permit to access and collect macaque blood samples for the purpose of research was also obtained from the Sarawak Biodiversity Council (Permit Number: SBC-RP-0081-BS). This study was approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
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