Pilot study of non-surgical castration of male macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Taman Tasik Perdana (National Lake Garden), Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur

Abdul Rahman Mustapa; Salman Saaban; Mohd Firdaus Ariff Abdul Razak.; Kayal Vizi Karuppannan; Zainal Zahari Zainuddin

Pilot study of non-surgical castration of male macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Taman Tasik Perdana (National Lake Garden), Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur

2015

Abdul Rahman Mustapa | Salman Saaban | Mohd Firdaus Ariff Abdul Razak. | Kayal Vizi Karuppannan | Zainal Zahari Zainuddin

The first pilot study of Nonsurgical castration of male long tailedmacaque was carried out in the middle of 2010 in Taman Tasik Perdana (National Lake Garden) in Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur. Intraepididymal injections method such as chemical castration wasused as one of the fertility control in adult male long tailed macaques. This method does not require removal of the testis, easy to do and inexpensive and mixture of Ethanol-Formalin was used inthis technique. Outcome from the male macaque castration programme shows this sterilization technique using a mixture of ethanol and formalin to be very effective in controlling new birth. Castrated male macaque doesn’t have any changes in behaviour or physical attributes. These results prove that the breeding of macaques can be reduced.

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