Macaque

Task-directed and recreational underwater swimming in captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Facilitating thermoregulation and increasing [solitary and social] play are two reasons to consider a swimming facility to be a cheap and clean environmental enrichment.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anderson, J. R., Peignot, P., Adelbrecht, C. 1992. Task-directed and recreational underwater swimming in captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Laboratory Primate Newsletter 31(4), 1-4.

Perch use by Macaca mulatta in relation to cage location

Single-housed animals living in lower-row cages spent an average of 31.6% of the time perching on their pipes while animals living in upper-row cages perched only 6.9% of the time. Access to the vertical dimension of the cage was more...

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Woodbeck, T., Reinhardt, V. 1991. Perch use by Macaca mulatta in relation to cage location. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 30(4), 11-12.

Behavioural profile of free-ranging rhesus monkeys

Arboreality was recorded at its maximum in the forest habitat (40.2%), followed by pond (34.1%) and temple (27.8%) habitats. ... When the group was threatened by external dangers, almost all animal responded by immediately climbing the trees. The animals spent...

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chopra, P. K., Seth, P. K., Seth, S. 1992. Behavioural profile of free-ranging rhesus monkeys. Primate Report 32, 75-105.

Guidelines on the Handling and Training of Laboratory Animals

Very helpful outline of what has to be taken into consideration when training animals to cooperate during handling procedures. Non-human primates, particularly the larger macaques, vervets, baboons and apes, are readily trained to cooperate in procedures such as presenting an...

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: All/General, Baboon, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Chambers, D. R., Gibson, T. E., Bindman, L. et al. 1992. Guidelines on the Handling and Training of Laboratory Animals. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, UK.

Environmental enrichment for a captive group of Sulawesi macaques (Macaca nigra)

Examination of individual activity budgets suggests that these [feeding] enrichment devices do not benefit all individuals [of the group] and may lose effectiveness in the long term.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Britt, A. 1992. Environmental enrichment for a captive group of Sulawesi macaques (Macaca nigra). Congress of the International Primatological Society , 304 (Abstract).

Peanut puzzle solvers quickly demonstrate aptitude

Only one third of the [single-housed] subjects solved the puzzle.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Heath, S. J., Shimoji, M., Tumanguil, J. et al. 1992. Peanut puzzle solvers quickly demonstrate aptitude. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 31(1), 12-13.

Nonhuman primate socialization and environmental enrichment using a transfer tunnel

We use a vertical stainless steel transfer tunnel to provide an enlarged and novel cage design, to promote socialization and to offer a foraging area.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Field, K. J., Denny, J., Kubicz, G. 1992. Nonhuman primate socialization and environmental enrichment using a transfer tunnel. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 31(2), 5-6.

The effects of food treat provisioning and human interaction on the behavioral well-being of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

The effects of human interaction and food supplementation appear to be protracted, resulting in a reduction of behavioral disorders even after the enrichment is removed.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dexter, S., Bayne, K. 1992. The effects of food treat provisioning and human interaction on the behavioral well-being of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 31(4), 6 (Abstract).

Group size for captive lion-tailed macaques

An ethological plea for larger social groupings, i.e., 10-12 animals including 3-5 adult females and their young and one breeder male.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lindburg, D. G. 1992. Group size for captive lion-tailed macaques. Lion-Tales 8(1/2), 4-5.

Pickle barrels as enrichment objects for rhesus macaques

Barrels were arranged three ways: unattached, on a swivel, and stationary. ...Barrels were not used by all [group-housed] animal classes, adults virtually ignored them.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lehman, S. M., Lessnau, R. G. 1992. Pickle barrels as enrichment objects for rhesus macaques. Laboratory Animal Science 42, 392-397.