Macaque

Reaction of rhesus monkeys with self-injurious behavior to heart rate testing: is biting a coping strategy? American Journal of Primatology 49(1), 79 (Abstract)

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Marinus, L. M., Chase, W. K., Rasmussen, K. L. et al. 1999. Reaction of rhesus monkeys with self-injurious behavior to heart rate testing: is biting a coping strategy? American Journal of Primatology 49(1), 79 (Abstract).

Techniques for collecting saliva from awake, unrestrained, adult monkeys for cortisol assay

Our laboratory has developed two methods [not outlined in this abstract] for collecting saliva [e.g., for cortisol determination] from adult rhesus monkeys: a 'screen' method, which involves licking screen-covered gauze, and a 'pole' method, which involves sucking and chewing on...

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lutz, C. K., Tiefenbacher, S., Jorgensen, M. J. et al. 1999. Techniques for collecting saliva from awake, unrestrained, adult monkeys for cortisol assay. American Journal of Primatology 49, 76 (Abstract).

Trait-like immunological and hematological measures in female rhesus across varied environmental conditions

The immune measures were depressed at capture (excepting B cells), and during 7 months of single caging failed to return to normal levels associated with social housing [group of 5 females]. We thus conclude that single housing can produce significant,...

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lilly, A. A., Mehlman, P. T., Higley, J. 1999. Trait-like immunological and hematological measures in female rhesus across varied environmental conditions. American Journal of Primatology 48, 197-223.

Assessing the value of television as environmental enrichment for individually housed rhesus monkeys: A behavioral economic approach

The goal of this study was to evaluate television as a source of environmental enrichment for individually housed rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) by using the concepts of behavioral economics. Phase I entailed the use of operant conditioning to assess the...

Year Published: 1999Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Harris, L. D., Briand, E. J., Orth, R. et al. 1999. Assessing the value of television as environmental enrichment for individually housed rhesus monkeys: A behavioral economic approach. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 38(2), 48-53.

The Sacred Monkeys of Bali

Excellent overview of species-typical behavior of wild long-tailed macaques. The study tropp spent more than 97 percent of their time in the trees. ... It is very doubtful, however, that terrestriality ever exceeded 10 percent of the day.

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wheatley, B. P. 1999. The Sacred Monkeys of Bali. Waveland Press, Prospect Heights, IL.

Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) group formation and housing: Wounding and reproduction in a specific pathogen free (SPF) colony

Initially small groups were formed consisting of one male and up to eight females. Subsequently larger groups [about 3 males and 21 females] were formed by releasing group members simultaneously or incrementally. Wounding rates were higher among males than among...

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Westergaard, G. C., Izard, M. K., Drake, J. D. et al. 1999. Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) group formation and housing: Wounding and reproduction in a specific pathogen free (SPF) colony. American Journal of Primatology 49, 339-347.

Exposure to novelty enhances problem-solving proficiency in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis)

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watson, S. L., Stavisky, R., Kaplan, J. 1999. Exposure to novelty enhances problem-solving proficiency in cynomolgus macaques (Macaca fascicularis). American Journal of Primatology 49(1), 113 (Abstract).

Application of an enzyme immunoassay for urinary follicle-stimulating hormone to describe the effects of an acute stressor at different stages of the menstrual cylce in female laboratory macaques

In the stress study [capture and restraint], we found that stressors occurring during the luteal-follicular transition not only resulted in acute perturbations of FSH but also led to abnormalities in the subsequent menstrual cycle in 50% of the cases.

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Todd, H. E., Shideler, S. E., Laughlin, L. S. et al. 1999. Application of an enzyme immunoassay for urinary follicle-stimulating hormone to describe the effects of an acute stressor at different stages of the menstrual cylce in female laboratory macaques. American Journal of Primatology 48, 135-151.

Effective strategy for evaluating tactile enrichment devices for singly caged macaques

We present a simple, yet effective, tactile device scoring system used with singly caged macaques indicating that creating and documenting enrichment ideas can be accomplished without a large personnel and budgetary commitment.Abstract of this work has been published in: Contemporary...

Year Published: 1999Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rice, T. R., Harvey, H., Kayheart, R. et al. 1999. Effective strategy for evaluating tactile enrichment devices for singly caged macaques. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 38(5), 24-26.

Pair-housing overcomes self-biting behavior in macaques

Subjects exhibited self-biting behavior predictably in the presence of personnel. "The transfer to a compatible social-housing arrangement [isosexual pair-housing] effectively cured the [seven] rhesus subjects from the behavioral pathology of habitual self-biting."

Year Published: 1999Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1999. Pair-housing overcomes self-biting behavior in macaques. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 38(1), 4.