Macaque

Behavioural and hormonal responses of male rhesus monkeys introduced to females in the breeding and non-breeding seasons

Group-housed animals had been trained to present a leg for blood collection in sampling cage.

Year Published: 1977Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bernstein, I. S., Rose, R. M., Gordon, T. P. 1977. Behavioural and hormonal responses of male rhesus monkeys introduced to females in the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Animal Behaviour 25, 609-614.

Moving laboratory rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to unfamiliar home cages

The results of this study should serve as a warning to those who wish to observe behavior or take physiological measurements on monkeys. Removing an animal from its home cage prior to monitoring anything biological will probably affect the event...

Year Published: 1976Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Mitchell, G., Gomber, J. 1976. Moving laboratory rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to unfamiliar home cages. Primates 17, 543-547.

An interval scale for studying and quantifying social relations in pairs of rhesus monkeys

When adult monkeys were paired [without prior familiarization!] the relationship typically began with intense action [in male-male pairings there were frequently several minutes of initial fighting] leading to establishment of a dominant-submissive relationship.

Year Published: 1976Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Maxim, P. E. 1976. An interval scale for studying and quantifying social relations in pairs of rhesus monkeys. Journal of Experimental Psychology 105, 123-147.

The nonhuman primate

Nonhuman primates are difficult and dangerous to handle. ... Large or aggressive animals such as male rhesus monkeys should not be handled without the use of chemical restraint. ... Animals are squeezed to the front of their cages and are...

Year Published: 1976Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Henrickson, R. V. 1976. The nonhuman primate. Lab Animal 5(4), 60-62.

Primates of South Asia – Ecology, Sociobiology, and Behavior

Macaca arctoides lives in dense forests and near cultivated land and villages. ... It is fairly terrestrial but spends a great deal of time in tress, which it ascends for the sake of food or safety and in which it...

Year Published: 1977Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Roonwal, M. L. , Mohnot, S. M. 1977. Primates of South Asia - Ecology, Sociobiology, and Behavior. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Somatosensory restriction and behavioral development in stumptail monkeys

Year Published: 1977Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Riesen, A. H., Dickerson, G. P., Struble, R. G. 1977. Somatosensory restriction and behavioral development in stumptail monkeys. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 290, 285-294.

Abnormal behavior in relation to cage size in rhesus monkeys

Observations were made of 24 monkeys that were introduced singly into a [barren] small and a [barren] large test cage. In a large cage, more normal but less stereotyped locomotion was shown than in a small cage.

Year Published: 1977Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Paulk, H. H., Dienske, H., Ribbens, L. G. 1977. Abnormal behavior in relation to cage size in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 86, 87-92.

Factors influencing aggressive behavior and risk of trauma in the pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina)

Discussion of risk factors associated with group-housing. Provision of cover .... reduced aggression among members of stable groups. Subjects in newly-formed groups composed of unfamiliar animals sustained fewer injuries than did those in groups formed by merger of groups or...

Year Published: 1977Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Erwin, J. 1977. Factors influencing aggressive behavior and risk of trauma in the pigtail macaque (Macaca nemestrina). Laboratory Animal Science 27, 541-547.

Effects of group composition on agonistic behavior of captive pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina)

Females showed significantly less aggression in the presence of adult males [one male per group] than they did in female-only groups.

Year Published: 1977Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dazey, J., Kuyk, K., Oswald, M. et al. 1977. Effects of group composition on agonistic behavior of captive pigtailed macaques (Macaca nemestrina). American Journal of Physical Anthropology 46, 73-76.

Effects of centrally acting drugs on serum levels in rhesus monkeys

Immobilization on restraint cross induced progressive increase in prolactin concentration throughout a 60 minute period.

Year Published: 1978Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Quadri, S. K., Pierson, C., Spies, H. P. 1978. Effects of centrally acting drugs on serum levels in rhesus monkeys. Neuroendocrinology 27, 136-147.