Macaque

Transport-cage training of caged rhesus macaques

A simple training protocol is described which ensures that [most] caged animals readily enter a transport cage.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Animal Training, Handling, RestraintAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1992. Transport-cage training of caged rhesus macaques. Animal Technology 43, 57-61.

Space utilization by captive rhesus macaques

The area covered by the floor was 3 times larger than that covered by elevated structures; nonetheless the animals were located significantly more often (89.8% of 108 scan samples) on elevated structures than on the floor (8.6% of 108 scan...

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1992. Space utilization by captive rhesus macaques. Animal Technology 43, 11-17.

Improved handling of experimental rhesus monkeys

The significant increase of serum cortisol concentration associated with involuntary manual or mechanical restraint during venipuncture was absent in females who were trained to voluntarily cooperate during the procedure in the homecage. The present findings indicate that training rhesus monkeys...

Year Published: 1992Topics: Animal Training, Biological Sampling & Physiological MeasurementAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1992. Improved handling of experimental rhesus monkeys. In: The Inevitable Bond. Examining Scientist-Animal Interactions. Davis, H., Balfour, A. D. (eds), 171-177. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Environmental enhancement plan for previously single-caged adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

To promote the well-being of previously single-caged adult (older than 5 years) rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and the quality of research done with them, the following environmental enhancement plan has been developed and implemented at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research...

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

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1992. Environmental enhancement plan for previously single-caged adult rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Animal Technology 43, 115-119.

Environmental enrichment branches that do not clog drains

More than 700 caged rhesus and stump-tailed macaques housed in 29 rooms have been exposed to red oak perches and/or loose branch segments for a period of six months. Drains did not clog in any of the 29 rooms during...

Year Published: 1992Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1992. Environmental enrichment branches that do not clog drains. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 31(2), 8.

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 .