Macaque

Allowing captive primates to forage

A woodchip litter substrate reduces abnormal behaviours, primarily self-aggression, and encourages foraging, even in the absence of grain. Comparison between the bare floor and litter with grain showed that in the latter monkeys foraged more, manipulated the environment less, were...

Year Published: 1984Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & Management, Natural BehaviorAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anderson, J. R. , Chamove, A. S. 1984. Allowing captive primates to forage. In: Standards in Laboratory Animal Management. Proceedings of a Symposium. 253-256. The Universities Federation For Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, UK.

Endocrine changes induced by venipuncture in rhesus monkeys

Animals were accustomed to our venipuncture procedures and often extended a leg from the cage without struggling for sample collection. Blood collection in a transport box resulted in elevated GH and cortisol values. The present data suggest that such responses...

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Herndon, J. G., Turner, J. J., Perachio, A. A. et al. 1984. Endocrine changes induced by venipuncture in rhesus monkeys. Physiology and Behavior 32, 673-676.

Recommendations for the housing of macaque monkeys

Single-cage housing should be discontinued as a standard procedure for long-term housing. ... Young animals should be given larger cages [than minimal-sized standard cage] to permit exercise. ... The cage should have provision for climbing and also for hiding to...

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Goosen, C., van der Gulden, W., Rozemond, H. 1984. Recommendations for the housing of macaque monkeys. Laboratory Animals 18, 245-249.

Recommendations on laboratory housing for macaques in the Netherlands

Guidelines for housing of macaques in the Netherlands. Single-cage housing should be discontinued as a standard procedure for long-term housing. ... Young animals should be given larger cages [than minimal-sized standard cage] to permit exercise. ... The cage should have...

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Goosen, C. 1984. Recommendations on laboratory housing for macaques in the Netherlands. In: Standards in Laboratory Animal Management. Proceedings of a Symposium. 245-249. The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, UK.

Effects of weaning age on maternal reproduction and offspring health in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Under confinement conditions there was a significant dependency between offspring weaning age and subsequent conception of the mother. Females with infants weaned at 6 months had higher reproductive rates [87%] than other females with infants weaned at 8 [78%], 10...

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Goo, G. P., Fugate, J. K. 1984. Effects of weaning age on maternal reproduction and offspring health in rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Laboratory Animal Science 34, 66-69.

Influence of restraint and ketamine anesthesia on adrenal steroids, progesterone, and gonadotropins in rhesus monkeys

Determination of basal circulating hormone levels in nonhuman primates presents a problem since handling or restraint of the animal for venipuncture may introduce sufficient stress to change hormonal secretion. ...Each bleeding was made in conscious [female] monkeys after restraining the...

Year Published: 1984Topics: Anesthesia & Sedation, RestraintAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Fuller, G. B., Hobson, W. C., Reyes, F. I. et al. 1984. Influence of restraint and ketamine anesthesia on adrenal steroids, progesterone, and gonadotropins in rhesus monkeys. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 175, 487-490.

Behaviour as a guide to management of macaques

General advice to promote the well-being of captive macaques.

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Simpson, M. J. A. 1984. Behaviour as a guide to management of macaques. In: Standards in Laboratory Animal Management. Proceedings of a Symposium. 217-224. The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare , Potters Bar, UK.

Reproductive performance, population dynamics and anthropometrics of the free-ranging Cayos Santiago rhesus macaques

Mortality rate in a free-ranging group of rhesus macaques was 6.7%.Adult rhesus macaques are approximately 55 cm long [crown-rump length].

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rawlings, R. G., Kessler, M. J., Turnquist, J. E. 1984. Reproductive performance, population dynamics and anthropometrics of the free-ranging Cayos Santiago rhesus macaques. Journal of Medical Primatology 13, 247-257.

Sexual behavior and serum hormone levels in aging rhesus males: Effects of environmental change

Cortisol levels [of single-housed subjects] were significantly higher immediately [1 hour] after the move [into another comparable cage in a nearby building] than they were on the first day of bleeding before the move.

Year Published: 1984Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Phoenix, C. H., Chambers, K. C. 1984. Sexual behavior and serum hormone levels in aging rhesus males: Effects of environmental change. Hormones and Behavior 18, 206-215.

Influence of housing conditions on pregnancy outcome in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascilucaris)

More successful pregnancies were recorded for females housed individually in large cages than for females housed in small cages.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Boot, R., Leussink, A. B., Vlug, R. F. 1985. Influence of housing conditions on pregnancy outcome in cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascilucaris). Laboratory Animal Science 19, 42-47.