Macaque

A cart cage for transferring macaques, capuchins, and small dogs

A novel mobile monkey transport cart cage allows ease of handling, safety, secure holding, good visual access to the monkeys, room for large macaques, and ease of assembly, all at a modest cost.

Year Published: 2001Topics: HandlingAnimal Type: Capuchin, Dog, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lowery, T. 2001. A cart cage for transferring macaques, capuchins, and small dogs. Lab Animal 30(1), 45-46.

Effects of chair restraint on the strength of the tibia in rhesus monkeys

To determine the effects of the relative inactivity .. we used a non-invasive test to measure bending stiffness, or EI. ... Five monkeys, restrained in chairs for 14 days, showed decreases in EI.

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hutchinson, T. M., Bakulin, A. V., Rakhmanov, A. S. et al. 2001. Effects of chair restraint on the strength of the tibia in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Medical Primatology 30, 313-321.

Group-housing subadult male cynomolgus macaques in a pharmaceutical environment

A carefully designed, successful group-formation and group-housing protocol of five 3.5+ years old previously single-caged cynos is described in detail. Not only can the social complexity of the animals' interactions be increased, but also routine tasks can be accomplished with...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hartner, M. K., Hall, J., Penderhest, J. et al. 2001. Group-housing subadult male cynomolgus macaques in a pharmaceutical environment. Lab Animal 30(8), 53-57.

Training pair-housed rhesus males to cooperate during blood collection

In many laboratory studies, venipuncture (blood collection) is a routine activity. Some animal care managers assume that blood collection requires single-housing and squeezing (and stressing) the primate subjects. Not true!Here, we show a simple training procedure that is based on...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Animal Training, Biological Sampling & Physiological MeasurementAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 2001. Training pair-housed rhesus males to cooperate during blood collection. Primate Enrichment Network (PEN), Item #: A107.

The impossible housing and handling conditions of monkeys in research laboratories

The prevailing housing and handling conditions of monkeys in research institutions is described. The present situation in primate research laboratories strongly suggests that professional judgment is no guarantee that the inhumane housing and handling conditions of laboratory monkeys will ever...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Handling, HousingAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 2001. The impossible housing and handling conditions of monkeys in research laboratories. IPPL [International Protection League] News 28(2), 5-7.

Effective feeding enrichment for caged and pen-housed macaques at no cost

Using already existing structures of the cage, food puzzles can readily be 'constructed' to entice the animals to work for the retrieval of their daily rations of monkey chow.There are two options of 'constructing' such puzzles.

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 2001. Effective feeding enrichment for caged and pen-housed macaques at no cost. Primate Enrichment Network (PEN), Item #: A106.

Ideas of improving living conditions of non-human primates by improving cage design

Refinement in cage design are described that improve personnelsafety and routine husbandry procedures. It is difficult to observe animals in the bottom cages due to insufficient lighting. Flashlights can increase visualization in this situation. New cage specifications are designed to...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reasinger, D. J., Rogers, J. R. 2001. Ideas of improving living conditions of non-human primates by improving cage design. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 40(4), 89 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment during separtion in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Behavioural and physiological aspects

In the social condition, the animals tended to show an increased heart rate, presumably resulting from competion over access to the foraging device.

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

Citation: Queyras, A., Bernarducci, R., Vitale, A. 2001. Environmental enrichment during separtion in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus): Behavioural and physiological aspects. Folia Primatologica 72(3), 151-152. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

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.