Capuchin

Considerations for the housing and handling of New World primates in the laboratory

Caretakers should seek knowledge of the natural lifestyles of the primates in their charge, and attempt to reproduce in the captive environment the salient aspects of the natural habitats that are biologically relevant to the animals. The aim of this...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Handling, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Capuchin, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Citation: Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 1997. Considerations for the housing and handling of New World primates in the laboratory. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Eighth Edition. Reinhardt, V. (ed), 75-84. Animal Welfare Institute: Washington, DC.

The integration of stranger males into a group of tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

The introductions were noteworthy for their early lack of both aggression and affiliation. Unlike the macaque model, in which aggression occurs immediately and relationships are settled quickly, the social integration of male capuchins was a gradual process.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Cooper, M. A., Thompson, R. K., Bernstein, I. S. et al. 1997. The integration of stranger males into a group of tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). American Journal of Primatology 42, 10 (Abstract).

Requirements for cebids

Arboreal species need cages and enclosures which allow a differentiated moving in the vertical dimension. They should be able to use spatial positions which are above the level of the position of certain groupmates and of threatening humans or potential...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Citation: Kaumanns, W., Schenmann, U. 1997. Requirements for cebids. Primate Report 49, 71-91.

Effective feeding enrichment for non-human primates: A brief review

There is a growing awareness that non-human primates kept in zoos and laboratories deserve more species-appropriate stimulation because of their biological adaptation to a challenging environment. Numerous attempts have been made to effectively emulate the gathering and processing aspects of...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Roberts, A. 1997. Effective feeding enrichment for non-human primates: A brief review. Animal Welfare 6(3), 265-272.

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.

Post-conflict behaviour of captive brown capuchins in the presence and absence of attractive food

Most of what we know about postconflict behavior comes from studies on chimpanzees and other Old World semiarboreal and semiterrestrial species. Few studies have investigated whether the context of a fight affects reconciliation—selective postconflict attraction between former opponents—and consolation: selective...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Verbeek, P. &. d. Waal F. B. M. 1997. Post-conflict behaviour of captive brown capuchins in the presence and absence of attractive food. International Journal of Primatology 18, 703-725.

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.

Environmental enrichment of brown capuchins (Cebus apella): Behavioral and plasma and fecal cortisol measures of effectiveness

Plasma cortisol was significantly predicted by the proportions of both normal and abnormal behaviors; as the proportion of normal behavior increased, the plasma cortisol measures decreased. ... In light of our experimental findings that a variety of EE [environmental enrichment]...

Year Published: 1999Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Boinski, S., Swing, S. P., Gross, T. S. et al. 1999. Environmental enrichment of brown capuchins (Cebus apella): Behavioral and plasma and fecal cortisol measures of effectiveness . American Journal of Primatology 48, 49-68.

Terrestrial predator alarm vocalizations are a valid monitor of stress in captive brown capuchins (Cebus apella)

We have most commonly, but certainly not always, documented TPAs being produced in association with the entrance into or presence of humans in colony rooms. Most predictably those humans are research technicians associated with manipulative research projects involving the capuchins....

Year Published: 1999Topics: Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Boinski, S., Gross, T. S., Davis, J. K. 1999. Terrestrial predator alarm vocalizations are a valid monitor of stress in captive brown capuchins (Cebus apella). Zoo Biology 18, 295-312.

Environmental enrichment: Evaluation of the behavioural modifications in the presence of four kinds of litter in Cebus capucinus

A captive group of white-faced capuchins, Cebus capucinus, was presented with four deep litters in simultaneous choice (or preference) tests. A floor covering of ground corn cob, woodchips, wood wool or peat was presented once in each quarter of the...

Year Published: 1999Topics: Husbandry & Management, Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Ludes-Fraulob, E. 1999. Environmental enrichment: Evaluation of the behavioural modifications in the presence of four kinds of litter in Cebus capucinus. Primatologie 2, 435-448. [French text with English summary]