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U. of Wisconsin Suspended Primate Researcher After Animal-Care Violations, Group’s Documents Show

A professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison was suspended from doing animal research for two years after an investigation into deaths and illnesses among rhesus monkeys in her laboratory in 2001 and 2002, university officials acknowledged this week.

Ei Terasawa, a professor of pediatrics who also works at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, was suspended from conducting animal research there after review boards at the university found that she and others in her research group had violated the protocols approved for an experiment she was conducting.