Marmoset

Measurement of blood pressure and heart rate by telemetry in conscious, unrestrained marmosets

During the weekend, daytime values of heart rate and blood pressure were significantly lower, and motor activity was higher. The higher motor activity suggests greater social interactions when the marmosets are undisturbed. The lower MAP [blood pressure] and HR [heart...

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schnell, C. R., Wood, J. M. 1993 . Measurement of blood pressure and heart rate by telemetry in conscious, unrestrained marmosets. American Journal of Physiology 264(Heart Circulatory Physiology 33), H1509-1516.

Promoting increased foraging behaviour in caged stumptailed macaques

Simply remounting the food box [of single-housed subjects] a few centimeters away from the access hole resulted in a 69-fold increase in total time engaged in [biscuit ration] food-retrieving activities.

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1993b. Promoting increased foraging behaviour in caged stumptailed macaques. Folia Primatologica 61(1), 47-51.

Reasons and risks associated with manipulating captive primates’ social environments

Review of the implications of experimental or management-related manipulations of the social environment of captive primates for the animals' welfare. Relatively little empirical work has been done on the effects of manipulation of the social environment. The data currently available...

Year Published: 1993Topics: Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Visalberghi, E., Anderson, J. R. 1993. Reasons and risks associated with manipulating captive primates' social environments. Animal Welfare 2(1), 3-15 .

Environmental enrichment in captive marmosets and tamarins

This has been a rather brief outline of the many different aspects of how to improve conditions in captivity and promote naturalistic behaviors.

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 1994. Environmental enrichment in captive marmosets and tamarins. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 8, 559-564.

Physical environment and its influence on behaviour in captive common marmosets

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dettling, A., Pryce, C. 1994. Physical environment and its influence on behaviour in captive common marmosets. European Marmoset Research Group Newsletter 3, 2 (Abstract).

Recycled plastic cages and environmental enrichment devices

Although the production and use of recycled plastic lumber is still in its infancy, our experience indicates that this is an ideal material for the construction of environmental enrichment devices for monkeys ... especially in outdoor facilities and zoological collections.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Macaque, Marmoset, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Kessler, M. J., Nieves, P., Bercovitch, R. et al. 1994. Recycled plastic cages and environmental enrichment devices. Lab Animal 23(9), 56-58.

Housing Husbandry and Welfare Provision for Animals Used in Toxicology Studies: Results of a UK Questionnaire on Current Practice (1994)

Behavioral abnormalities appeared to be more common in Old World primates than marmosets. This may have been due to the fact that they tend to be single-housed, as the site which group-housed their animals reported that the incidence of all...

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hubrecht, R. C. 1994. Housing Husbandry and Welfare Provision for Animals Used in Toxicology Studies: Results of a UK Questionnaire on Current Practice (1994). Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, Potters Bar, UK.

Optimal foraging in the captive-bred common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus

The dominant pair, when given the choice, preferred to forage from the high-level box [filled with deep litter containing raisins], allowing the other group members to forage mainly at ground level. .. When feeding at floor level the marmosets took...

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Morrissey, G. 1994. Optimal foraging in the captive-bred common marmoset, Callithrix jacchus. In: Welfare and Science, Proceedings of the Fifth FELASA Symposium. Bunyan, J. (ed), 337-342. Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, UK.

Lion-tamarin and marmoset enrichment at the National Zoo

As always, the key to successful enrichment is variety. Use a different device each day. Load it with different foods each time. Sometimes don't load it with anything at all! (It keeps them guessing.) Before you start, get a quantitative...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Miller, P. 1994. Lion-tamarin and marmoset enrichment at the National Zoo. In Touch 1(4), 5.

The relationship between husbandry, behavioural monitoring and disease prevention: examples from a colony of marmosets

There are a number of methods .. to prevent suffering if rejection occurs. .. Aggression between a pair has, in some cases developed after a prolonged period of stability whereas in others pairs have fought soon after introduction. Increasing cage...

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Sainsbury, A. W. 1994. The relationship between husbandry, behavioural monitoring and disease prevention: examples from a colony of marmosets. In: Welfare and Science, Proceedings of the Fifth FELASA Symposium. Bunyan, J. (ed), 57-60. Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, UK.