Macaque

Difficulty in training juvenile rhesus macaques to actively cooperate during venipuncture in the homecage

The relatively large amount of time invested with little success does not make training of juvenile rhesus macaques attractive enough to be recommended as a routine management procedure.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1992. Difficulty in training juvenile rhesus macaques to actively cooperate during venipuncture in the homecage. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 31(3), 1-2.

Avoiding aggression during and after pair formation of adult rhesus macaques

Tested recommendations to avoid aggression during and after pair formation of macaques.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1992. Avoiding aggression during and after pair formation of adult rhesus macaques. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 31(3), 10-11.

Are rhesus macaques really so aggressive?

Several years of experience with pair housing of previously single-caged adult rhesus macaques and venipuncture in the home cage of cooperative, non-resisting animals lead the author to conclude that rhesus macaques are not as aggressive as commonly believed.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Animal Training, Human-Animal Interaction, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1992. Are rhesus macaques really so aggressive? International Zoo News 39(1), 14-19.

Procedure for training corral-living rhesus monkeys for fecal and blood-sample collection

Clear description of training technique. By day 9, the male stopped resisting, and three of the [five] females extended their legs voluntarily.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Phillippi-Falkenstein, K., Clarke, M. R. 1992. Procedure for training corral-living rhesus monkeys for fecal and blood-sample collection. Laboratory Animal Science 42, 83-85.

Evaluation of the use of novel objects by adult male Macaca mulatta, singly housed in Horsfal isolators

The novel objects seemed to have a positive effect on animals' behavior.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Perkins, S. E., Burnett, D. E., Rice, T. R. et al. 1992. Evaluation of the use of novel objects by adult male Macaca mulatta, singly housed in Horsfal isolators. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 31(4), 5-7 .

Restraint inhibits luteinizing hormone and testosterone secretion in intact male rhesus macaques: Effects of concurrent naloxone administration

Restraint inhibits luteinizing hormone and testosterone secretion.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Norman, R. L., Smith, C. J. 1992. Restraint inhibits luteinizing hormone and testosterone secretion in intact male rhesus macaques: Effects of concurrent naloxone administration. Neuroendocrinology 55, 405-415.

Effect of an enrichment device on stereotypic and self-aggressive behaviors in singly-caged macaques: A pilot study

The [single-housed] macaques in this study showed a decrease in self-directed behavior, especially self-biting, floating limb, hair pulling, and excessive licking, when treats were in the feeder. Paradoxically, both pacing and rocking increased when treats were in the feeder. ......

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watson, L. M. 1992. Effect of an enrichment device on stereotypic and self-aggressive behaviors in singly-caged macaques: A pilot study. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 31(3), 8-10.

Investigations of rhesus monkey video-task performance: Evidence for enrichment*

The animals have been observed to work even in the presence of freely available food.... These data suggest that acquiring food is the critical motivation of each monkey.

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

Citation: Washburn, D. A., Rumbaugh, D. M. 1992. Investigations of rhesus monkey video-task performance: Evidence for enrichment*. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 31(5), 6-10.

Physiology and environmental enrichment of rhesus monkeys on board the Space Shuttle

The two animals will be able to see each other through a transparent window. Video monitors which can be controlled using a joystick will serve as enrichment. Preliminary tests have shown that trained animals are able to feed themselves using...

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

Citation: Viso, M., Florence, G. 1992. Physiology and environmental enrichment of rhesus monkeys on board the Space Shuttle. Folia Primatologica 58(3), 162-163. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

Behavioral management of specific-pathogen-free (SPF) rhesus macaques

Inanimate enrichment procedures were successful in normalizing behavioral disorders (e.g., self-grooming) for young single-housed animals.

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J., Lee-Parritz, D. E., Taylor, L. L. et al. 1992. Behavioral management of specific-pathogen-free (SPF) rhesus macaques. Congress of the International Primatological Society , 52 (Abstract).