Macaque

The use of preferred social stimuli as rewards for rhesus macaques in behavioural neuroscience

Macaques are often motivated to perform in neuroscientific experiments by implementing fluid restriction protocols. Daily access to water is controlled and the monkeys are rewarded with droplets of fluid for performing correct trials in the laboratory. Although these protocols are...

Year Published: 2017Topics: Animal TrainingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Gray, H., Pearce, B., Thiele, A. 2017. The use of preferred social stimuli as rewards for rhesus macaques in behavioural neuroscience. PLOS ONE 12(5), e0178048.

Effects of transportation, relocation, and acclimation on phenotypes and functional characteristics of peripheral blood lymphocytes in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Nonhuman primates from domestic sources constitute a small, but critical, proportion of animals studied in research laboratories. Many of these nonhuman primates are raised at one facility and subsequently transported/relocated to another facility for research purposes. We examined the effects...

Year Published: 2017Topics: Relocation & TransportAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Nehete, P. N., Shelton, K. A., Nehete, B. P. et al. 2017. Effects of transportation, relocation, and acclimation on phenotypes and functional characteristics of peripheral blood lymphocytes in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). PLOS ONE 12(12), e0188694.

Laparoscopic technique for serial collection of para-colonic, left colic, and inferior mesenteric lymph nodes in macaques

Unlike peripheral lymph nodes (PLN), the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) draining the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are exposed to microbes and microbial products from the intestines and as such, are immunologically distinct. GI draining (MLN) have also been shown to be...

Year Published: 2016Topics: Biological Sampling & Physiological MeasurementAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Smedley, J., Macalister, R., Wangari, S. et al. 2016. Laparoscopic technique for serial collection of para-colonic, left colic, and inferior mesenteric lymph nodes in macaques. PLOS ONE 11(6), e0157535.

The Care and Breeding of Laboratory Animals: The Monkey

Valuable observations regarding the space requirements of single-housed rhesus macaques. It is inconceivable that growing monkeys in the laboratory be denied their essential activities of swinging, jumping, and scampering about. This calls for space. ... If sufficient room is not...

Year Published: 1950Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Van Wagenen, G. 1950. The monkeys. In: The Care and Breeding of Laboratory Animals . Farris, E. J. (ed), 1-42. John Wiley, New York, NY.

The self-mutilation of a male rhesus monkey

A drastic case of observer-induced self-biting of a male rhesus macaque is described.

Year Published: 1928Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tinklepaugh, O. L. 1928. The self-mutilation of a male rhesus monkey. Journal of Mammalogy 9, 293-300.

Blood pressure of the normal rhesus monkey

Most [single-housed] monkeys could be trained to sit quietly during blood pressure measurements. [Training protocol is not described.]

Year Published: 1957Animal Type: Macaque

Citation: Smith, C. C., Ansevin, A. 1957. Blood pressure of the normal rhesus monkey. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 96, 428-432.

Social interactions of rhesus monkeys

Performance of learning tasks by rhesus monkeys is facilitated when tested with a partner compared to being tested alone.

Year Published: 1956Animal Type: Macaque

Citation: Miller, R. E., Murphy, J. V. 1956. Social interactions of rhesus monkeys. II. Effects of social interaction on the learning of discrimination tasks. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 49, 207-211.

Alarm reaction and normal blood picture in Macaca mulatta

Authors observed an elevated White Blood Cell Count as alarm reaction to physical restraint in rhesus monkeys.

Year Published: 1956Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Ives, M., Dack, G. M. 1956. Alarm reaction and normal blood picture in Macaca mulatta. Journal of Laboratory Clinical Medicine 47, 723-729.

Social structure of a colony of Macaca mulatta

1. Various methods of observation were tried in order to obtain accurate records of individual behaviour in a social environment. Observing one individual for about an hour and recording the behaviour every two minutes was found to be the most...

Year Published: 1956Animal Type: Macaque

Citation: Chance, M. R. A. 1956. Social structure of a colony of Macaca mulatta. Animal Behaviour 4, 1-13.

Observational learning in the rhesus monkey

Performance of learning tasks by rhesus monkeys is facilitated when tested with a partner compared to being tested alone

Year Published: 1958Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Darby, C. L., Riopelle, A. J. 1958. Observational learning in the rhesus monkey. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 51, 23-31.