Dr. Rowell graduated from the Windsor Univ, Basseterre, St Kitts & Nevis in 2004. He works in Appleton, WI and specializes in Psychiatry. Dr. Rowell is affiliated with Saint Elizabeth Hospital.
Thomas Rowell, president of Primate Products, wrote in an email that the animals at the facility are used for breeding and are eventually redistributed for use in biomedical research which aims at advancing public health. He said the details about the abortions and breast milk were true, but would
moratorium on breeding of its chimps. Dr. Thomas Rowell, director of the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana, said the reports noting of possible future need supports our decisions not to electively sterilize all animals under our care, thus making it possible to produce animals for future use.
Date: Dec 19, 2011
Category: Health
Source: Google
Most research on chimps is unnecessary, U.S. panel says
Dr. Thomas Rowell, director of the New Iberia Research Center in New Iberia, La., which houses 471 chimpanzees, more than any other center in the country, also said he was "quite pleased" with the report. He said, "It just confirms what we've been saying all along in regard to the chimpanzee model f
"The use of a chimpanzee in biomedical research is the rare exception," said Dr. Thomas Rowell, who directs Louisiana's New Iberia Research Center, one of five research centers that houses chimps and other primate species used in both government- and privately financed studies.
here are 340 NIH and non-NIH chimps at the New Iberia Research Center in Louisiana. The center's director, Thomas Rowell, expressed concerns about the new rules disallowing certain medical tests on the NIH chimps that the Food and Drug Administration might require as it evaluates potential new drugs.