When Dalgard arrives at the facility a few days later, he identifies two sick monkeys in Room F that seem to be feverish with droopy eyelids. He contacts Dan Dalgard, the consulting veterinarian for the facility, to see if he will examine and treat the monkeys. Bill Volt also notices that the heating and air-handling system in the monkey house is malfunctioning. Already 29 animals from the original shipment have died, with the majority of the deaths occurring in Room F. Less than four weeks after the shipment’s arrival, the colony manager, Bill Volt, notices that a large number of the new monkeys are dying. Two of the monkeys are dead upon arrival at the facility, but the remaining animals are placed throughout 12 holding rooms in the building. On October 4, the facility receives a shipment of 100 wild monkeys from the Philippines. The monkey house, officially known as the Reston Primate Quarantine Unit, is owned by Hazelton Research Products, a company that coordinates the import and sale of laboratory animals. In the second part of the book, the narrative shifts to a monkey house in Reston, Virginia in 1989.
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