Animal testing has been playing a major role in the development of treatments and vaccines for the COVID-19 coronavirus over the past several months. The demand for lab animals has been so overwhelming that the United States is currently facing a monkey shortage because of all the testing. ...
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While experts say there's little that can be done to fix the shortage of monkeys and lab space for COVID-19 research, there's still time to prepare for the next pandemic. Primate centers and other institutions require more funding to expand breeding colonies and build labs, they say.
Bohm said some research centers have discussed the possibility of an animal reserve available when "some unforeseen emergency comes up."