Macaque

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)

Effect of ketamine anesthesia on daily food intake in Macaca mulatta and Cercopithecus aethiops

This study was designed to measure ketamine's effect on daily food intake, a parameter that reflects and influences animal well-being and directly impacts research studies... The results indicate that ketamine anesthesia is associated with a prolonged reduction in daily food...

Year Published: 2007Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Springer, D. A., Baker, K. C. 2007. Effect of ketamine anesthesia on daily food intake in Macaca mulatta and Cercopithecus aethiops . American Journal of Primatology 69(10), 1080-1092.

Grooming in Barbary macaques: better to give than receive?

It is well established that grooming underpins sociality in group-living primates, and a number of studies have documented the stress-reducing effects of being groomed. In this study, we quantified grooming behaviour and physiological stress (assessed by faecal glucocorticoid analysis) in...

Year Published: 2007Topics: Natural Behavior, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Shutt, K., MacLarnon, A., Heistermann, M. et al. 2007. Grooming in Barbary macaques: better to give than receive? Biology Letters 3(3), 231-233.

A tail of two monkeys: Social housing for nonhuman primates

This article references common research protocols that accommodate pair housing and includes scientific recommendations for institutional animal care and use committees to facilitate providing physical social contact for nonhuman primates in laboratories.

Year Published: 2007Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Seelig, D. 2007. A tail of two monkeys: Social housing for nonhuman primates. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 10(1), 21-30.

Safe Pair Housing of Macaques

Review of safe pair formation techniques for macaques.

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Carlson, J. 2008. Safe Pair Housing of Macaques. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Living in harmony

A state of the art group-housing system for long-tailed macaques is demonstrated and described.

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bushmitz, M. M. 2008. Living in harmony. Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) Quarterly 57(1), 24-25.

Ground substrate affects activity budgets and hair loss in outdoor captive groups of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

This study investigated the influence of grass vs. gravel substrate on activity budgets and degree of hair loss in seven groups of captive rhesus macaques housed in outdoor enclosures at the California National Primate Research Center. Groups having grass substrate...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Beisner, B. A., Isbell, L. A. 2008. Ground substrate affects activity budgets and hair loss in outdoor captive groups of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) . American Journal of Primatology 70, 1160-1168.

Benefits of isosexual pairing of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) vary with sex and are limited by protected contact but not by frequent separation

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Baker, K. C., Bloomsmith, M., Neu, K. et al. 2008. Benefits of isosexual pairing of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) vary with sex and are limited by protected contact but not by frequent separation. American Journal of Primatology 70 (Supplement), 44 (Abstract).

Cooperation counts

Rhesus macaques were trained to take juice from syringes. Operant conditioning for oral dosing has many applications. If macaques are trained to accept liquid from syringes, they can receive test compounds in pharmaceutical testing by voluntarily accepting the liquid and...

Year Published: 2007Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Winterborn, A. 2007. Cooperation counts. Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) Quarterly 56(3), 16.

Temperament predicts training success in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Clay, A. W., Bloomsmith, M. A., Marr, M. J. et al. 2008. Temperament predicts training success in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 70 (Supplement), 42 (Abstract).