Baboon

Training nonhuman primates to cooperate during handling procedures: A review

Twenty-six reports provide detailed information of how primates can be trained to voluntarily cooperate - rather than resist - during blood collection, injection, topical drug application, blood pressure measurement, urine collection, and capture.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Animal Training, Biological Sampling & Physiological Measurement, Cannulation, Catheterization, & Intubation, Human-Animal Interaction, RestraintAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Training nonhuman primates to cooperate during handling procedures: A review. Animal Technology 48, 55-73.

Species-adequate housing and handling conditions for Old World nonhuman primates kept in research institutions

Practical recommendations to address five basic characteristics of Old World primates in the laboratory setting: a) social disposition, b) semi-arboreal lifestyle, c) complex living environment, d) intelligence, e) sensitivity to distress.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Animal Training, Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Species-adequate housing and handling conditions for Old World nonhuman primates kept in research institutions. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Eighth Edition. Reinhardt, V. (ed), 85-93. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Providing enrichment at no cost

Green pine cones can cause severe diarrhea. Keepers should work only with old, opened-up pinecones. Hamadryas baboons, and mandrills will play with them, and they can be stuffed with food supplements such as peanut butter or honey, or just used...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tresz, H. 1997. Providing enrichment at no cost. The Shape of Enrichment 6(4), 1-4.

Catering to caterrhines: Food enrichment at the University of Washington’s Regional Primate Research Center

As simple and relatively inexpensive form of enrichment each animal received a treat (e.g., fruit, vegetable, exposure to foraging device) on 4 days per week. This costs about $0.50 per macaque or baboon per week.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bellanca, R. U., Crockett, C. M., Johnson-Delaney, C. et al. 1998. Catering to caterrhines: Food enrichment at the University of Washington's Regional Primate Research Center. American Journal of Primatology 45, 167-168 (Abstract).

Requirements of biomedical research in terms of housing and husbandry for non-human primates: Pharmacology & Toxicology

The objective of toxicology and pharmacology studies is to detect change or variation from normal and to interpret the significance of such change, with the intention of assessing risk to man. With non-human primates (NHPs) detection of change related to...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Woolley, A. P. A. H. 1997. Requirements of biomedical research in terms of housing and husbandry for non-human primates: Pharmacology & Toxicology. Primate Report 49, 37-41.

Measurement of enrichment device use and preference in singly caged baboons

The present experiment employed both observational data and miniaturized, electronic activity monitors attached to the enrichment devices to precisely measure their use. ... When average device movement times were compared, baboons generally interacted less with Kongs than with logs or...

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hienz, R. D., Zarcone, T. J., Turkkan, J. S. et al. 1998. Measurement of enrichment device use and preference in singly caged baboons. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 37(3), 6-10.

Grooming-contact cages promote affiliative social interaction in individually housed adult baboons

Pair compatibility was 7/11 for female/female pairs, 3/3 for female/male pairs.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M., Heffernan, K. S. 1998. Grooming-contact cages promote affiliative social interaction in individually housed adult baboons. American Journal of Primatology 45, 176 (Abstract).

Social anxiety, relationships and self-directed behaviour among wild female olive baboons

Self-directed behaviour (SDB) can be used as a behavioural indicator of stress and anxiety in nonhuman primates (Maestripieri et al. 1992, Animal Behaviour, 44, 967–979). We investigated the effect of nearest neighbours' relative dominance status on the SDB of sexually...

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Castles, D. L., Whiten, A., Aureli, C. F. 1999. Social anxiety, relationships and self-directed behaviour among wild female olive baboons. Animal Behaviour 58, 1207-1215.

The timing of mother-infant separation and its effect on postpartum estrus and subsequent conception in captive baboons

Forced infant weaning at an early age is often practiced by primate breeding facilities to initiate the onset of postpartum estrus and, consequently, maximize reproduction. ... There was [indeed] a significant correlation between age at removal and duration until postpartum...

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Valentine, B., Cary, M., Stanley, J. et al. 1999. The timing of mother-infant separation and its effect on postpartum estrus and subsequent conception in captive baboons. American Journal of Primatology 49, 110 (Abstract).

The effect of mother-infant separation in captive baboons on time intervals to first postpartum estrus, confirmed pregnancy and subsequent parturition

It is generally thought that early forced-weaning of infants would reduce the time from parturition to the first fertile postpartum estrus thus maximizing reproductive efficiency. ... From a survey of 23 animal records we determined the following values for mothers...

Year Published: 2000Topics: Rearing & Weaning, ReproductionAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Cary, M., Valentine, B., Hill, W. 2000. The effect of mother-infant separation in captive baboons on time intervals to first postpartum estrus, confirmed pregnancy and subsequent parturition. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 106 (Abstract P123).