Macaque

Training rhesus macaques for venipuncture using positive reinforcement techniques: A comparison with chimpanzees

All subjects were trained to place an arm in a 'blood sleeve' and remain stationary for venipunctures. We were able to obtain repeated blood samples from 75% of [eight adult] macaques. ... An average of 257 minutes was needed to...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Coleman, K., Pranger, L., Maier, A. et al. 2008. Training rhesus macaques for venipuncture using positive reinforcement techniques: A comparison with chimpanzees. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science] 47, 37-41.

Physiological and behavioral effects of social introduction on adult male rhesus macaques

Pair housing of laboratory macaques is widely considered to lead to positive changes in well-being, yet the process of introduction is viewed as potentially stressful and risk-prone. Behavioral and physiological data were collected on eight adult male rhesus macaques before,...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Doyle, L. A., Baker, K. C., Cox, L. D. 2008. Physiological and behavioral effects of social introduction on adult male rhesus macaques. American Journal of Primatology 70(6), 542-550.

A rhesus monkey model of self-injury: effects of relocation stress on behavior and neuroendocrine function

BACKGROUND: Self-injurious behavior (SIB), a disorder that afflicts many individuals within both clinical and nonclinical populations, has been linked to states of heightened stress and arousal. However, there are no published longitudinal data on the relationship between increases in stress...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Davenport, M. D., Lutz, C. K., Tiefenbacher, S. N. M. A. et al. 2008 . A rhesus monkey model of self-injury: effects of relocation stress on behavior and neuroendocrine function. Biological Psychiatry 63, 990-996.

Rhesus macaque kindergarten

Weaned macaque infants are often raised alone or in pairs. It is my experience with rhesus macaques that an optimal environment for these youngesters is a kindergarten in which one adult animal keeps order. I always enjoyed observing the animals....

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 2008. Rhesus macaque kindergarten. Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (electronic discussion group), March 25, 2008.

Preferred contents of movies as an enrichment method for Japanese macaques

In order to improve the quality of life of captive Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), we investigated the effective content of movie presentations, which we expected would satisfy a need for visual and social stimuli. Because Japanese macaques are popular experimental...

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

Citation: Ogura, T., Tanaka, M. 2008. Preferred contents of movies as an enrichment method for Japanese macaques. Primate Eye 96, 99 (Abstract).

Wounding incidence in isosexual pairs of adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) during introduction and in varying pair housing conditions

The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of wounding in isosexual rhesus macaques paired in three styles of housing: continuous full contact (FC), intermittent full contact (IC: frequent separation), and protected contact (PC: separation by a partition...

Year Published: 2008Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Oettinger, B. C., Baker, K. C., Neu, K. et al. 2008. Wounding incidence in isosexual pairs of adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) during introduction and in varying pair housing conditions. American Journal of Primatology 70(S1), 44. (31st Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists Scientific Program, Abstract #71)

Biobehavioral factors in the development and maintenance of self injurious behaviour in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Novak, M. A., Davenport, M. D., Meyer, J. S. 2008. Biobehavioral factors in the development and maintenance of self injurious behaviour in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Primate Eye 96, 465 (Abstract).

Socializing weaned macaques in kindergartens

I used to do something similar when we weaned our infants. We transferred them into a pen with a big brother or big sister whos function was to 'teach the youngsters how to become adults. The trick was finding a...

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

Citation: Murphy, C. 2008. Socializing weaned macaques in kindergartens. Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (electronic discussion group), March 25, 2008.

Watching conspecifics being trained helps rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) learn faster

These results suggest that observing others being trained may help to reduce overall training time in macaques. Adult rhesus macaques required significantly less time (about 200 minutes) to cooperate during injection when they had watched others being trained, than individuals...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Mueller, K., Moore, K., Maier, A. et al. 2008. Watching conspecifics being trained helps rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) learn faster. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 119 (Abstract).

Effects of familiarity and novelty on rates of environmental enrichment object manipulation by laboratory rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Manipulable objects are often provided to laboratory macaques as environmental enrichment, but exposure to objects is widely believed to result in rapid habituation. Consequently, much effort is made to ensure enrichment objects are novel. Here we report experimental comparisons of...

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

Citation: Leland, S. P., West, A. M., Pippin, Z. L. et al. 2008. Effects of familiarity and novelty on rates of environmental enrichment object manipulation by laboratory rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 70(S1), 30. (31st Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists Scientific Program, Abstract #29)