Macaque

The effects of fluoxetine and buspirone on self-injurious and stereotypic behavior in adult male rhesus macaques

Fluoxetine and buspirone were significantly effective in reducing rates of self-biting during treatment weeks 1 to 8 and self-directed stereotypic behavior during weeks 5 to 12 and post-treatment. No significant effect of either treatment on hair-plucking, stereotypic pacing, saluting, or...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Abnormal/Problematic BehaviorAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Fontenot, M. B., Padgett, E. E., Dupuy, A. M. et al. 2005. The effects of fluoxetine and buspirone on self-injurious and stereotypic behavior in adult male rhesus macaques. Comparative Medicine 55(1), 67-74.

Cardiovascular comparison of standard lighting versus two alternative lighting regimes in the cynomolgus monkey

The sunrise/sunset regime reduced the heart rate spike at the time of the lighting transition.

Year Published: 2005Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Edds, D., Wicks, N., Kokmeyer, J. et al. 2005. Cardiovascular comparison of standard lighting versus two alternative lighting regimes in the cynomolgus monkey. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 125 (Abstract).

Puzzle-ball foraging by laboratory monkeys improves with experience

As expected, we found a significant difference between experienced monkeys and recent arrivals at WaNPRC in skill at using the Puzzle Ball as a foraging device. This suggests that as exposure and experience with Puzzle Ball increase so does effectiveness...

Year Published: 2005Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lloyd, C. R., Lee, G. H., Crockett, C. M. 2005. Puzzle-ball foraging by laboratory monkeys improves with experience. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 44(1), 1-3.

USDA perspectives on environmental enrichment for animals

This article provides a brief historical background of the events and circumstances that led to the 1985 Animal Welfare Act (AWA) amendments. It describes the development of the regulations promulgated by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1991 as...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Human-Animal Interaction, Regulations & Ethical Review, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Dog, Lemur, Macaque, Marine Mammal, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Kulpa-Eddy, J. A., Taylor, S., Adams, K. M. 2005. USDA perspectives on environmental enrichment for animals. ILAR Journal 46(2), 83-94.

Effects of positive reinforcement trainig on cortisol, hematology and cardiovascular parameters in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Year Published: 2005Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Koban, T. L., Miyamoto, M., Donmoyer, G. et al. 2005. Effects of positive reinforcement trainig on cortisol, hematology and cardiovascular parameters in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis). American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 130 (Abstract).

Effects of positive reinforcement training on cortisol, hematology and cardiovascular parameters in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Animals assigned to a training program showed lower cortisol levels than control subjects.

Year Published: 2005Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Koban, T. L., Miyamoto, M., Donmoyer, G. et al. 2005. Effects of positive reinforcement training on cortisol, hematology and cardiovascular parameters in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis). American Journal of Primatology 66(Supplement), 148 (Abstract).

Indirect indicator of transport stress in hematological values in newly acquired cynomolgus monkeys

An increase in neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (N/L) ratio with a marked increase in neutrophils and a decrease in lymphocytes was observed on arrival, and the increased N/L ratio returned approximately to the normal level 1 week after arrival. The serum cortisol level...

Year Published: 2005Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kim, C. Y., Han, J. S., Suzuki, T. et al. 2005. Indirect indicator of transport stress in hematological values in newly acquired cynomolgus monkeys. Journal of Medical Primatology 34(4), 188-192.

Alopecia scoring: the quantitative assessment of hair loss in captive macaques

Many captive animals show forms of pelage loss that are absent in wild or free-living conspecifics, which result from grooming or plucking behaviours directed at themselves or at other individuals. For instance, dorsal hair loss in primates such as rhesus...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Honess, P., Gimpel, J., Wolfensohn, S. et al. 2005. Alopecia scoring: the quantitative assessment of hair loss in captive macaques. ATLA (Alternatives to Laboratory Animals) 33, 193-206.

Assessment of stress in non-human primates: application of the neutrophil activation test

All macaques were group-housed indoors in either a traditional caging system of three linked modules of typical reinforced stainless steel two-tier laboratory cages, or in open-rooms containing either these cages with the fronts removed or no caging at all. ......

Year Published: 2005Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Honess, P. E., Marin, C., Brown, A. P. et al. 2005. Assessment of stress in non-human primates: application of the neutrophil activation test. Animal Welfare 14, 291-295.

Primate popsicles

When the frozen enrichment treats were first provided to our rhesus macaques, they showed a great deal of interest and worked steadily at removing the food from the ice. After several months of using this enrichment, the primates still enjoy...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schafer, J. 2005. Primate popsicles. Tech Talk [The Newsletter for Laboratory Animal Science Technicians] 10(3), 4.