Baboon

Sex and age predictors of compatibility in grooming-contact caging vary by species of laboratory monkey

Adult rhesus pairs were significantly less likely to be fully compatible (16%) than adult baboon pairs (64%), adult pig-tailed pairs (51%) and adult long-tailed pairs (67%). Our results indicate that male-male pairs can be fully compatible and should not be...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M., Lee, G. H., Thom, J. P. 2006. Sex and age predictors of compatibility in grooming-contact caging vary by species of laboratory monkey. International Journal of Primatology 27(Supplement), 417.

Conflict management by hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) during crowding: a tension-reduction strategy

Primates change a variety of behavioral responses during short-term exposure to crowding. Under crowded conditions, rates of aggression, submissive behavior, and affiliative behavior may increase or decrease. Different patterns of change among these three categories of response have been interpreted...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Judge, P. G., Griffaton, N. S., Fincke, A. M. 2006. Conflict management by hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas) during crowding: a tension-reduction strategy. American Journal of Primatology 68(10), 993-1006.

Family ties, friendship, and fitness among wild female baboons

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Silk, J. B., Alberts, S. C., Altmann, J. 2006. Family ties, friendship, and fitness among wild female baboons. International Journal of Primatology 27(Supplement), 530 (Abstract).

Socially-mediated learning in groups of primates: models and methods

An ethological understanding of a behavioral phenomenon incorporates four levels of explanation: development, mechanism, function, and evolution. The phenomenon of socially-mediated learning has garnered a great deal of attention from ethologists, prominently including primatologists. Gregarious primates often exhibit specific behaviors...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Crast, J. 2007. Socially-mediated learning in groups of primates: models and methods. American Journal of Primatology 69(S1), 74. (30th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists Scientific Program, Abstract #90)

Social and hygienic functions of grooming in captive Papio hamadryas

Social grooming may have both social and hygienic functions. For this analysis, we assume the ‘pick' grooming method is more effective at cleaning than stroke and social grooming on parts inaccessible to the groomee is hygienic. Grooming was observed in...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hill, A. N., Nash, L. T. 2007. Social and hygienic functions of grooming in captive Papio hamadryas. American Journal of Primatology 69(S1), 107. (30th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists Scientific Program, Abstract #157)

Chapter 4.10. Wooden Objects

I give our single-caged baboons 20 cm long gnawing sticks made of pecan branches. They love them! It takes one to two weeks for a stick to be wittled down to about half of its size.

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: LAREF [Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum] 2007. Chapter 4.10. Wooden Objects. In: Making Lives Easier for Animals in Research Labs: Discussions by the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum. Baumans, V., Coke, C., Green, J., Moreau, E., Morton, D., Patterson-Kane, E., Reinhardt, A., Reinhardt, V., Van Loo, P. (eds), 70-71. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Components of an animal training program at a large institution

The application of positive reinforcement training (PRT) has increased in zoological, laboratory, and research settings in recent years, however there is little literature pertaining to the development and implementation of such programs. Over the past year, Yerkes National Primate Research...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Animal TrainingAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: McMillan, J. L., Perlman, J. E., Bloomsmith, M. A. 2007. Components of an animal training program at a large institution. American Journal of Primatology 69(S1), 117. (30th Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists Scientific Program, Abstract #177)

A change in perspective, providing enrichment for Hamadryas baboons

Year Published: 2008Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Cloete, C., Mogogane, O., Sebati, M. 2008. A change in perspective, providing enrichment for Hamadryas baboons. Shape of enrichment 17(3), 1-3.

Effectiveness of saliva collection and enzyme-immunoassay for the quantification of cortisol in socially housed baboons

Circulating cortisol levels are often used to assess the biological stress response in captive primates. Some methods commonly used to collect blood samples may alter the stress response. As such, noninvasive means to analyze cortisol levels are increasingly being developed....

Year Published: 2008Topics: Biological Sampling & Physiological MeasurementAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Pearson, B. L., Judge, P., Reeder, D. M. 2008. Effectiveness of saliva collection and enzyme-immunoassay for the quantification of cortisol in socially housed baboons. American Journal of Primatology 70(12), 1145-1151.

Effect of positive reinforcement training on physiologocal and behavioural stress responses in the hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas)

Absenced of elevated salivary cortisol was taken as evidence that PRT [traget touching/holding] has no adverse effect on animal welfare.

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Brien, J. K., Heffernan, S., Thomson, P. C. et al. 2008. Effect of positive reinforcement training on physiologocal and behavioural stress responses in the hamadryas baboons (Papio hamadryas). Animal Welfare 17, 127-138.