Macaque

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)

Implementation of permanent group housing for cynomolgus macaques on a large scale for regulatory toxicological studies

Simple training techniques can be used to facililitate the conduct of procedures, such as removing the animals from the cages. Animals housed in this manner are less noisy, show less aggression to staff, are easier to handle, habituate to study...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kelly, J. 2008. Implementation of permanent group housing for cynomolgus macaques on a large scale for regulatory toxicological studies. AATEX (Alternatives to Animal Testing and Experimentation) 14(Special Issue), 107-110.

The influence of observer presence on the behavior of singly housed baboons (Papio sp.)

Live, direct observations are often used to collect behavioral data. However, the presence of an observer may affect the behavior of unhabituated subjects. This study was conducted to determine the effect of an observer's presence on the behavior of singly-housed...

Year Published: 2008Topics: Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Iredale, S. K., Nevill, C. H., Lutz, C. K. 2008. The influence of observer presence on the behavior of singly housed baboons (Papio sp.) and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 70(S1), 29. (31st Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists Scientific Program, Abstract #28)

Comparison of two foraging devices for the psychological well-being of caged cynomolgus primates (Macaca fasciculalris)

The prototype is made of polypropylene plastic with a 2.5-in. hollow spout connected to a 2.75-in. hollow ball. Peeled baby carrots were used as a treat in this device. .. it performed statistically better then the widely used, commercially available...

Year Published: 2008Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Howard, J., Pyle, K., Liddle, M. et al. 2008. Comparison of two foraging devices for the psychological well-being of caged cynomolgus primates (Macaca fasciculalris). American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 96 (Abstract).