Macaque

Training nonhuman primates to cooperate during handling procedures: A review

Twenty-six reports provide detailed information of how primates can be trained to voluntarily cooperate - rather than resist - during blood collection, injection, topical drug application, blood pressure measurement, urine collection, and capture.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Animal Training, Biological Sampling & Physiological Measurement, Cannulation, Catheterization, & Intubation, Human-Animal Interaction, RestraintAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Training nonhuman primates to cooperate during handling procedures: A review. Animal Technology 48, 55-73.

The Wisconsin Gnawing Stick

The sticks consist of branch segments cut of dead red oak trees. They are used by caged macaques about 5% of the time - more by young animals, less by adult animals - for gnawing, manipulating and playing. All caged...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. The Wisconsin Gnawing Stick. Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Newsletter 7(3-4), 11-12.

Species-adequate housing and handling conditions for Old World nonhuman primates kept in research institutions

Practical recommendations to address five basic characteristics of Old World primates in the laboratory setting: a) social disposition, b) semi-arboreal lifestyle, c) complex living environment, d) intelligence, e) sensitivity to distress.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Animal Training, Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Species-adequate housing and handling conditions for Old World nonhuman primates kept in research institutions. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Eighth Edition. Reinhardt, V. (ed), 85-93. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Refining the traditional housing and handling of laboratory rhesus macaques improves scientific methodology

A monkey housed in an empty cage, however, is literally a behavioral cripple because s/he is chronically deprived of appropriate stimuli for the expression of species-typical behavior patterns. It is difficult to know objectively if a monkey experiences boredom when...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Animal Training, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Refining the traditional housing and handling of laboratory rhesus macaques improves scientific methodology. Primate Report 49, 93-112.

Effects of chair-restraint on gastrointestinal transit time and colonic fermentation in male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Chair-restraint induced a 2.5-fold acceleration of the gastrointestinal transit time, which persisted throughout the 7 day postrestraint period, and an increase of the fecal dry matter content.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rabot, S., Fisco, M., Martin, F. et al. 1997. Effects of chair-restraint on gastrointestinal transit time and colonic fermentation in male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Medical Primatology 26, 190-195.

Videostimulation as enrichment for captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

The animals spent substantially more time watching selected videotapes than manipulating the joystick; females were more interested in both than males.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Platt, D. M., Novak, M. A. 1997. Videostimulation as enrichment for captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 52, 139-155.

Curious response of three monkey species to mirrors

One mirror was hung on the front of each subject's cage and remained in place for a two-week study period. Pig-tailed macaques contacted the mirror at a fairly constant rate of 12-18 times per hour. Rhesus macaques were initially interested...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill, P. L., Lauter, A. C., Weed, J. L. 1997. Curious response of three monkey species to mirrors. American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Regional Conference Proceedings, 95-101.

Expand the space for lion-tailed macaques

The milk crates, barrel, and tires provide more useable space for sitting, climbing, or foraging when they are mounted on walls or hung from the ceiling.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Nelson, D. 1997. Expand the space for lion-tailed macaques. The Shape of Enrichment 6(3), 6.

Effects of environmental enrichment devices on the behavior of socially housed Macaca nemestrina [Indonesian text and summary]

As expected, the animals housed under captive conditions used the device more than the wild group did. ... In both groups, the greatest interest centered on devices with food.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Murakami, T., Kyes, R. C., Lelana, R. P. A. 1997. Effects of environmental enrichment devices on the behavior of socially housed Macaca nemestrina [Indonesian text and summary] . Jurnal Primatologi Indonesia 1, 22-26.

Behavioral responses of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) to variations in environmental conditions in Algeria

Annual time budgets of Barbary macaques did not differ noticeably between the two sites investigated. Monkeys spent around 5 h resting (more than 35% of the day) and only 1.3-1.5 h in social activities in a mean day length of...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Menard, N., Vallet, D. 1997. Behavioral responses of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) to variations in environmental conditions in Algeria. American Journal of Primatology 4, 285-304.