Macaque

Long-term effect of inanimate environmental enrichment on young rhesus monkeys

Inanimate environmental enrichment may not be as effective for socially-housed rhesus monkeys as it is for singly-housed rhesus.

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J., Bloomsmith, M. A., Suarez, S. A. et al. 1995. Long-term effect of inanimate environmental enrichment on young rhesus monkeys. American Journal of Primatology 36, 154 (Abstract).

Maternal behavior of primiparous rhesus monkeys: Effects of limited social restriction and inanimate environmental enrichment

Whereas these enhancements may lead to increased species-typical behavior under certain conditions, evidence from our program suggests that the types of inanimate enhancements we utilized have little effect on the behavior of group-housed rhesus. Our interpretation has been that the...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J., Bloomsmith, M. A., Suarez, S. A. et al. 1995. Maternal behavior of primiparous rhesus monkeys: Effects of limited social restriction and inanimate environmental enrichment. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 45, 139-149.

Behavioral effects of enrichment on singly-housed, yearling rhesus monkeys: An analysis including three enrichment conditions and a control group

Rhesus yearlings that received a three-phase, nonsocial, environmental enrichment program during a year of single caging, spent more time playing and less time self-grooming than did control subjects, but abnormal behaviors were not affected.Abstracts of this work have been published...

Year Published: 1995Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J., Bloomsmith, M. A. 1995. Behavioral effects of enrichment on singly-housed, yearling rhesus monkeys: An analysis including three enrichment conditions and a control group. American Journal of Primatology 35, 89-101.

Restraint methods of laboratory non-human primates: A critical review

Published information provides scientific evidence that traditional, involuntary restraint techniques of research non-human primates are intrinsically a source of distress resulting from fear. It has been documented that common methods of enforced restraint result in significantly increased adrenal activity as...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Animal Training, RestraintAnimal Type: Baboon, Chimpanzee, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Liss, C., Stevens, C. 1995. Restraint methods of laboratory non-human primates: A critical review. Animal Welfare 4(3), 221-238 .

Social housing of previously single-caged macaques: What are the options and the risks? Animal Welfare 4(4), 307-328

A review of the scientific literature gives evidence that transferring previously single-caged adult macaques to permanent compatible pair-housing arrangements (isosexual pairs, adult/infant pairs) is associated with less risk of injury and morbidity than transferring them to permanent group-housing arrangements. Juvenile...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Liss, C., Stevens, C. 1995. Social housing of previously single-caged macaques: What are the options and the risks? Animal Welfare 4(4), 307-328 .

Environmental Enhancement for Caged Rhesus Macaques: A Photographic Documentation (Slide Series With Commentary)

A collection of annotated slides demonstrating a comprehensive environmental enhancement plan - including training for cooperation during procedures - for caged rhesus macaques.

Year Published: 1995Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1995. Environmental Enhancement for Caged Rhesus Macaques: A Photographic Documentation (Slide Series With Commentary). Animal Welfare Institute.Available on loan from Animal Welfare Institute, PO Box 3650, Washington, DC 20007, USA; Telephone: (202) 337 2332; E-mail: cheyde@awionline.org, Washington, DC.

Arguments for single-caging of rhesus macaques: Are they justified? Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Newsletter 6(1), 1-2 & 7-8

The findings presented in this report indicated that common arguments in justification of the traditional single-caging of rhesus macaques are often based on subjective assumptions rather than on scientific facts.

Year Published: 1995Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1995. Arguments for single-caging of rhesus macaques: Are they justified? Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Newsletter 6(1), 1-2 & 7-8.

Environmental enrichment in Japanese monkeys: Aging of feeding behavior in Finger-maze box [Japanese abstract]

Old animals spent more time foraging for food that was placed in a finger-maze box than young animals.

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Yanagihara, Y., Matsubayashi, K., Matsuzawa, T. 1995. Environmental enrichment in Japanese monkeys: Aging of feeding behavior in Finger-maze box [Japanese abstract]. Reichorui Kenkyu/Primate Research 11, 33 (Abstract).

An innovative outdoor primate housing unit

A macaque-adequate, well-furnished severe weather-proof outdoor housing system is described.

Year Published: 1995Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wagner, J. L., O'Neill-Wagner, P. L. 1995. An innovative outdoor primate housing unit. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 9, 606-608.

Socially housed Macaca radiata demonstrate motivation to view video of other groups

The results demonstrate that socially housed macaques are motivated to view conspecific video and suggest that motivation is enhanced by the opportunity to view another group, particularly if that group is novel.

Year Published: 1996Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Andrews, M. W., Brannon, E., Rosenblum, L. A. 1996. Socially housed Macaca radiata demonstrate motivation to view video of other groups. Proceedings of the Congress of the International Primatological Society and Conference of the American Society of Primatologists, 761 (Abstract).