Macaque

Utilization of training techniques to minimize distress and facilitate the treatment of a chronically ill macaque

In order to permit the more frequent measurement of blood glucose, at times up to eight measurements a day, with minimal or no distress to the animal, we trained the monkey [long-tailed macaque with unspecified gender] to voluntarily present the...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Nelms, R., Davis, B. K., Tansey, G. et al. 2001. Utilization of training techniques to minimize distress and facilitate the treatment of a chronically ill macaque. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 97-98 (Abstract).

Manipulating the affiliative interactions of group-housed rhesus macaques using positive reinforcement training techniques

Social housing, whether continuous, intermittent, or partial contact, typically provides many captive primates with opportunities to express affiliative behaviors, important components of the species-typical behavioral repertoire. Positive reinforcement training techniques have been successfully employed to shape many behaviors important for...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J., Perlman, J. E., Boudreau, B. A. 2001. Manipulating the affiliative interactions of group-housed rhesus macaques using positive reinforcement training techniques. American Journal of Primatology 55(3), 137-149.

Lower-row caging in a two-tiered housing system does not affect the behaviour of young, singly housed rhesus macaques

It has been suggested that housing of laboratory primates in two-tiered racks adversely affects the psychological well-being of those primates housed on the lower row. Excessive darkness and its consequences are among the factors suggested to account for the supposed...

Year Published: 2001Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J., Bloomsmith, M. A. 2001. Lower-row caging in a two-tiered housing system does not affect the behaviour of young, singly housed rhesus macaques. Animal Welfare 10, 387-394.

Self-biting in caged macaques: Cause, effect and treatment

In the United States, there are an estimated 15,000 individually caged macaques. If 10% of these animals exhibit visible injuries resulting from self-biting and another 10% show unnoticed self-biting behavior, then about 3,000 animals (20%) are affected by this gross...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Abnormal/Problematic BehaviorAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Rossell, M. 2001. Self-biting in caged macaques: Cause, effect and treatment. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 4, 285-294.

Environmental Enrichment for Caged Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta) – Photographic Documentation and Literature Review (Second Edition)

A collection of 108 photos addressing all aspects of environmental enrichment for caged rhesus macaques. Environmental enrichment is the provision of stimuli that promote the expression of species-appropriate behavioral and mental activities in an understimulating environment [p. 1].This collection of...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. , Reinhardt, A. 2001. Environmental Enrichment for Caged Rhesus Macaques (Macaca Mulatta) - Photographic Documentation and Literature Review (Second Edition). Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Paper 4: Welfare considerations in the use of marmosets and macaques for scientific research and testing: A comparison

Basic housing needs are outlined. Cages should be high enough to allow the animal to flee upward, preferably above human eye level. Marmosets do not like being caught, handled or restrained. They can be trained (by giving food rewards) to...

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anonymous 2002. Paper 4: Welfare considerations in the use of marmosets and macaques for scientific research and testing: A comparison. In: The Boyd Group Papers on the Use of Non-Human Primates in Research and Testing. Smith, J. A. , Boyd, K. M. (eds), 38-47. The Boyd Group, Southsea, UK.

Long-term testing of macaques with the computerized test system: implications for cognition and enrichment

Year Published: 2001Topics: Behavioral & Cognitive Testing, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Washburn, D. A., Gulledge, J., Rumbaugh, D. 2001. Long-term testing of macaques with the computerized test system: implications for cognition and enrichment. American Journal of Primatology 54(Supplement), 90-91 (Abstract).

What time is feeding? How delays and anticipation of feeding schedules affect stump-tailed macaque behavior

Results indicate that anticipation of feeding routines had a considerable negative impact on behavior. In the times when animals were awaiting to be fed, rates of self-directed behavior, inactivity, vocalization and abnormal behaviors all increased significantly. When feeding was delayed...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Waitt, C., Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 2001. What time is feeding? How delays and anticipation of feeding schedules affect stump-tailed macaque behavior. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 75, 75-85.

Cortisol response to ACTH challenge in rhesus monkeys with self-injurious behavior

Monkeys with a veterinary record of self-inflicted wounding did not differ from non-wounders in their plasma cortisol response to ACTH.

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tiefenbacher, S., Novak, M., Marinus, L. et al. 2001. Cortisol response to ACTH challenge in rhesus monkeys with self-injurious behavior. American Journal of Primatology 54(Supplement ), 61-62 (Abstract).

The pathophysiology of self-injurious behavior in rhesus macaques

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tiefenbacher, S. 2001. The pathophysiology of self-injurious behavior in rhesus macaques. Dissertation Abstracts International B62(1), 102 (Abstract).