Macaque

Preliminary comments on pairing unfamiliar adult male rhesus monkeys for the purpose of environmental enrichment

A total of 7 different male-male combinations had to be tested during the period of non-contact familiarization in order to obtain 5 dyads (10 males) in which the partners exhibited clear dominance-subordination relationships (Table I). Pairing the respective males with...

Year Published: 1988Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1988. Preliminary comments on pairing unfamiliar adult male rhesus monkeys for the purpose of environmental enrichment. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 27(4), 1-3.

Combining scientific experimentation with conventional housing: A pilot study with rhesus monkeys

The testing apparatus ... was connected to a computer that controlled the test and the distribution of regular monkey chow as reward. Manipulatory activity required by the apparatus reduced motor stereotypies but not self-biting in single-housed subjects.

Year Published: 1988Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Preilowski, B., Reger, M., Engele, H. 1988. Combining scientific experimentation with conventional housing: A pilot study with rhesus monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 14, 223-234.

Developing effective social and environmental enrichment strategies for macaques in captive groups

Perhaps this data will be useful in supporting the notion that primate cage size should not be strictly a function of the animal's size, but rather of the age and expected activity level of the monkey placed inside.

Year Published: 1988Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill, P. L. 1988. Developing effective social and environmental enrichment strategies for macaques in captive groups. Lab Animal 17(4), 23-36.

The benefits of training rhesus monkeys living under laboratory conditions

A simple description of 20 years experience of rhesus monkeys in a biomedical research laboratory and the way in which day to day problems are tackled. [No training techniques are described.]

Year Published: 1988Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jaeckel, J. 1988. The benefits of training rhesus monkeys living under laboratory conditions. In: Laboratory Animal Welfare Research: Primates. Poole, T. B. (ed), 23-25. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, UK.

Welfare and housing of old world non-human primates (Macaca fascicularis and Papio sp.)

Increased cage height and social housing were found to be particularly effective ways of increasing the animals' expression of species-typical behaviors.

Year Published: 1988Animal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Harris, D. H. R. 1988. Welfare and housing of old world non-human primates (Macaca fascicularis and Papio sp.). Universities Federation for Animal Welfare Research Report 1.

A nylon ball device for primate environmental enrichment

We have devised a simple device consisting of a hard nylon ball on a chain which appears to provide an activity stimulus for some individually housed, colony reared, young male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). In order to avoid boredom with...

Year Published: 1988Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Ross, P. W., Everitt, J. I. 1988. A nylon ball device for primate environmental enrichment. Laboratory Animal Science 38(4), 481-483.

PVC pipes effectively enrich the environment of caged rhesus monkeys

PVC pipes were successfully used to make the vertical cage space accessible for single-housed macaques.

Year Published: 1988Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Smith, M. D. 1988. PVC pipes effectively enrich the environment of caged rhesus monkeys. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 27(3), 4-5.

Behavior responses of unrelated rhesus monkey females paired for the purpose of environmental enrichment

Pair formation technique is described. Eighty-three percent (15/18) of pairs were compatible, with none of the partners showing signs of depression and none inflicting serious injury on the other. Six of seven animals abandoned behavioral disorders within the first four...

Year Published: 1988Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Houser, W. D., Eisele, S. et al. 1988. Behavior responses of unrelated rhesus monkey females paired for the purpose of environmental enrichment. American Journal of Primatology 14, 135-140.

A new monkey swing

PVC tubing can easily be suspended by pushing an end between two bars at the top of the cage and then down between the next pair.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bayne, K., Suomi, S. J., Brown, B. 1989. A new monkey swing. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 28(4), 16-17.

The effect of cage size on the behavior of individually housed rhesus monkeys

The notion that a larger cage size for individually housed nonhuman primates would in and of itself be behaviorally beneficial to the inhabitants was not supported by this study.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bayne, K., McCully, C. 1989. The effect of cage size on the behavior of individually housed rhesus monkeys. Lab Animal 18(1), 25-28.