Editing Macaque (section)

==Relations with humans==
Several species of macaque are used extensively in [[animal testing]], particularly in the [[neuroscience]] of [[visual perception]] and the [[visual system]].

Nearly all (73–100%) captive rhesus macaques are [[Asymptomatic carrier|carriers]] of the [[herpes B virus]]. This [[virus]] is harmless to macaques, but infections of humans, while rare, are potentially fatal, a risk that makes macaques unsuitable as pets.<ref>{{cite journal
 | title = B-virus from Pet Macaque Monkeys: an Emerging Threat in the United States?
 | first = Stephanie R. | last = Ostrowski | journal = Emerging Infectious Diseases | volume = 4 | issue = 1
 | publisher = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
 | doi = 10.3201/eid0401.980117 | pages=117–121
 | display-authors=etal | pmid=9452406 | pmc=2627675| year = 1998
 }}</ref>

Urban performing macaques also carried [[simian foamy virus]], suggesting they could be involved in the [[zoonosis|species-to-species jump]] of similar retroviruses to humans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.utoronto.ca/news/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322150850/http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/051208-1906.asp|url-status=dead|title=News &#124; University of Toronto|archive-date=March 22, 2006|website=www.utoronto.ca|access-date=May 30, 2020}}</ref>

===Population control===
Management techniques have historically been controversial, and public disapproval can hinder control efforts. Previously, efforts to remove macaque individuals were met with public resistance.<ref name=":2" /> One management strategy that is currently being explored is that of [[Neutering|sterilization]]. Natural resource managers are being educated by scientific studies in the proposed strategy. Effectiveness of this strategy is estimated to succeed in keeping populations in check. For example, if 80% of females are sterilized every five years, or 50% every two years, it could effectively reduce the population.<ref name=":2" /> Other control strategies include planting specific trees to provide protection to native birds from macaque predation, live trapping, and the vaccine [[porcine zona pellucida]] (PZP), which causes infertility in females.<ref name="www.upane.it"/>

===Cloning===
{{See also|List of animals that have been cloned}}

In January 2018, scientists in China reported in the journal ''[[Cell (journal)|Cell]]'' the first creation of two [[crab-eating macaque]] [[cloning|clones]], named [[Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua]], using [[somatic cell nuclear transfer]] – the same method that produced [[Dolly (sheep)|Dolly the sheep]].<ref name="CELL-20180124">{{cite journal |author=Liu, Zhen|display-authors=etal|title=Cloning of Macaque Monkeys by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer |date=24 January 2018 |journal=[[Cell (journal)|Cell]] |volume=172|issue=4|pages=881–887.e7|doi=10.1016/j.cell.2018.01.020 |pmid=29395327|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="SCI-20180124">{{cite journal |last=Normile |first=Dennis |title=These monkey twins are the first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/these-monkey-twins-are-first-primate-clones-made-method-developed-dolly |date=24 January 2018 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |doi=10.1126/science.aat1066 |access-date=24 January 2018 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="BBC-20180124">{{cite news |last=Briggs |first=Helen |title=First monkey clones created in Chinese laboratory |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-42809445 |date=24 January 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=24 January 2018 }}</ref><ref name="NYT-20180124">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys; Are Humans Up Next? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/24/science/ap-us-sci-cloned-monkeys.html |date=24 January 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=24 January 2018 }}</ref>