Macaque

Behavior, appetite, and urinary cortisol responses by adult female pigtailedmacaques to cage size, cage level, room change, and ketamine sedation

Eight female pig-tailed macaques were tested, 4 in upper-row and 4 in lower-row, barren cages. Cage size was not significantly related to abnormal behavior [ included stereotypical locomotion, hair-plucking and odd gestures such as saluting ] and cortisol excretion. Ketamine...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M., Shimoji, M., Bowden, D. M. 2000. Behavior, appetite, and urinary cortisol responses by adult female pigtailedmacaques to cage size, cage level, room change, and ketamine sedation. American Journal of Primatology 52, 63-80.

How different captive environments affect the behaviour of Sulawesi crested black macaques (Macaca nigra)Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Zoo Research

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Melfi, V. A. , Marples, N. 2000. How different captive environments affect the behaviour of Sulawesi crested black macaques (Macaca nigra)Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Zoo Research. 151-157. Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland, London, UK.

Acclimating rhesus monkeys to the pole-and-collar system

Acclimatization protocol is briefly outlined.

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: McCully, C. M. 2000. Acclimating rhesus monkeys to the pole-and-collar system. Lab Animal 29(1), 49.

Use of guanfacine to control self-injurious behavior in two rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and one baboon (Papio anubis)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Self-injurious behavior (SIB) affects 0.8 to 10% of individually housed non-human primates, and is a substantial threat to their health and well being. The potential for SIB to involve multiple neurotransmitters and the complex variations in response...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Macy, J. D., Beattie, T. A., Morgenstern, S. E. et al. 2000 . Use of guanfacine to control self-injurious behavior in two rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and one baboon (Papio anubis). Comparative Medicine 50, 419-425.

Primate Enrichment: A room with a view

Pairs were transferred to a play room with windows every ten days. During the past year, we have observed that the primates spend about an hour of their time looking out the windows.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lynch, R., Baker, D. 2000. Primate Enrichment: A room with a view. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 39(1), 12.

Abnormal behavior in singly-housed Macaca mulatta: Prevalence and potential risk factors

Behavioral assessments of individually-housed animals indicate that 321 of 362 animals exhibited at least one abnormal behavior (median:2, range 1-8). The most common behavior was pacing. Males showed more abnormal behavior than females. Older animals exhibited more eye poking, hair...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lutz, C. K., Chase, W. K., Novak, M. A. 2000. Abnormal behavior in singly-housed Macaca mulatta: Prevalence and potential risk factors. American Journal of Primatology 51(Supplement), 71 (Abstract).

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

Cortisol levels serve as an index of pituitary-adrenal activity in nonhuman primates. In adult monkeys, cortisol is normally measured in blood (typically requiring restraint or sedation) or urine (reflecting a state rather than point estimate). In contrast, saliva collection is...

Year Published: 2000Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lutz, C. K., Tiefenbacher, S., Jorgensen, M. J. et al. 2000. Techniques for collecting saliva from awake, unrestrained, adult monkeys for cortisol assay. American Journal of Primatology 52, 93-99.

The use of infants to buffer male aggression

Year Published: 2000Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kuester, J. , Paul, A. 2000. The use of infants to buffer male aggression. In: Natural Conflict Resolution. Aureli, F. , de Waal, F. B. M. (Eds). Univeristy of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

A novel approach to group-housing male cynomolgus macaques in a pharmaceutical environment

Twenty percent of our primates are maintained in a single-housed environment. Of those single-housed animals, 40% exhibited moderate to marked degrees of self-directed activity; i. e., hairpulling. By contrast, none of the pair or group-housed animals exhibited these behaviors. Our...

Year Published: 2000Topics: Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hartner, M. K., Hall J., Penderghest, J. et al. 2000. A novel approach to group-housing male cynomolgus macaques in a pharmaceutical environment. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 39(4), 67 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment-related injury in a macaque (Macaca fascicularis): Intestinal linear foreign body

As a result of this incidence [ingested sisal rope pieces leading to multiple ulcerations, perforations, septic peritonitis] sisal rope enrichment devices were immediately removed from all macaque cages in the facility.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hahn, N. E., Lau, D., Eckert, K. et al. 2000. Environmental enrichment-related injury in a macaque (Macaca fascicularis): Intestinal linear foreign body. Comparative Medicine 50, 556-558.