[1] The SNPRC has two scientific units: "Infectious Diseases Immunology & Control" and "Comparative Medicine & Health Outcomes".
Among the primates held in captivity at the SNPRC are baboons, chimpanzees, common marmosets, and rhesus macaques.
As a result, the baboon was emaciated, developed scabs and a large abscess on its leg, and also contracted blood poisoning from which he died.
More specifically, the SNPRC did not accurately report the number of animals which had pain or distress that did not have anesthetic, analgesics or tranquilizing drugs administered.
[9] In 2015, a USDA inspection found that one research protocol contained incomplete descriptions of methods for hand rearing and euthanizing neonatal animals.
In one instance, researchers had failed to use the approved scoring sheet and euthanasia criteria for a particular study.
In another instance, it was revealed that animals in some studies may have experienced unrelieved pain or distress prior to euthanasia.
[17][13] In 2019, a USDA inspection report revealed several instances of unclean and deteriorating conditions at the center.