Marmoset

Environmental control: An important feature of good captive callitrichid environment

General discussion of environmental enrichment. It is argued that callitrichid enclosures should be designed to provide variability in the physical and social environment in which individuals have an opportunity to exhibit preferences and where environmental changes is initiated by the...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 1997. Environmental control: An important feature of good captive callitrichid environment. In: Marmosets and Tamarins in Biological and Biomedical Research. Proceedings of a Workshop. Pryce, C., Scott, L., Schnell, C. (eds), 47-53. DSSD Imagery, Salisbury, UK.

Considerations for the housing and handling of New World primates in the laboratory

Caretakers should seek knowledge of the natural lifestyles of the primates in their charge, and attempt to reproduce in the captive environment the salient aspects of the natural habitats that are biologically relevant to the animals. The aim of this...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Handling, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Capuchin, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Citation: Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 1997. Considerations for the housing and handling of New World primates in the laboratory. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Eighth Edition. Reinhardt, V. (ed), 75-84. Animal Welfare Institute: Washington, DC.

Sociophysiological aspects of short-term separation in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)The Housing of Non-Human Primates Used for Experimental Research and Other Scientific Purposes: Issues for Consideration

The results show that separation in combination with a transfer to an unfamiliar cage constitutes a particularly stressful event. A familiar environment can clearly reduce the stress of a separation.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Gerber, P., Schnell, C. R., Anzenberger, G. 1997. Sociophysiological aspects of short-term separation in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)The Housing of Non-Human Primates Used for Experimental Research and Other Scientific Purposes: Issues for Consideration. EUPREN.

Physical environment and its influence on behaviour in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

In a choice situation, branches are frequently used by marmosets supporting the view that branches should be presented as a basic substrate. The marmosets did prefer thicker branches. ... We markedly increased foraging behaviour by suspending a pot, filled with...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dettling, A. 1997. Physical environment and its influence on behaviour in captive common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). In: Marmosets and Tamarins in Biological and Biomedical Research. Proceedings of a Workshop. Pryce, C., Scott, L., Schnell, C. (eds), 54-59. DSSD Imagery, Salisbury, UK.

Measuring psychological well-being: a methodological approach using heart rate telemetry, space utilization and behavioral time budgets in common marmosetsThe Housing of Non-Human Primates Used for Experimental Research and Other Scientific Purposes: Issues for Consideration

In studies on Callithrix jacchus some sensitive parameters of the animals reaction to experimental environmental change (cage-size and cage-equipment) were found: the mean heart rate, space utilization and behavioral time budgets. The mean day heart rate responded to variations in...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kerl, J. 1997. Measuring psychological well-being: a methodological approach using heart rate telemetry, space utilization and behavioral time budgets in common marmosets The Housing of Non-Human Primates Used for Experimental Research and Other Scientific Purposes: Issues for Consideration. EUPREN.

Current practice in maintaining marmosets: Results of a UK survey

A survey of current housing practices in the UK. Space is an expensive commodity, and it is, therefore, encouraging that most of the users provided more than the Home Office COP minimum.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hubrecht, R. C. 1997. Current practice in maintaining marmosets: Results of a UK survey. In: Marmosets and Tamarins in Biological and Biomedical Research. Proceedings of a Workshop. Pryce, C., Scott, L., Schnell, C. (eds), 24-38. DSSD Imagery, Salisbury, UK.

Effective feeding enrichment for non-human primates: A brief review

There is a growing awareness that non-human primates kept in zoos and laboratories deserve more species-appropriate stimulation because of their biological adaptation to a challenging environment. Numerous attempts have been made to effectively emulate the gathering and processing aspects of...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Roberts, A. 1997. Effective feeding enrichment for non-human primates: A brief review. Animal Welfare 6(3), 265-272.

Training nonhuman primates to cooperate during handling procedures: A review

Twenty-six reports provide detailed information of how primates can be trained to voluntarily cooperate - rather than resist - during blood collection, injection, topical drug application, blood pressure measurement, urine collection, and capture.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Animal Training, Biological Sampling & Physiological Measurement, Cannulation, Catheterization, & Intubation, Human-Animal Interaction, RestraintAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Training nonhuman primates to cooperate during handling procedures: A review. Animal Technology 48, 55-73.

Research and animal welfare needs when studying social learning: the case of a colony of captive common marmosetsThe Housing of Non-Human Primates Used for Experimental Research and Other Scientific Purposes: Issues for Consideration

In our first research we wanted to observe the animals' responses to new objects, focalizing our attention on the behaviour of the adult females, in relation to food-related new tasks. Then, another research concerned the social transmission of food preferences...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Queyras, A., Scolavino, M., Vitale, A. 1997. Research and animal welfare needs when studying social learning: the case of a colony of captive common marmosetsThe Housing of Non-Human Primates Used for Experimental Research and Other Scientific Purposes: Issues for Consideration. EUPREN.

Integrating marmoset husbandry and research

This paper has described the [very successful] attempts of two laboratories conducting behavioural research with common marmosets to integrate husbandry and research. It has been demonstrated that a broad spectrum of research questions can be addressed using marmosets that are...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Pryce, C. R. , Samson, N. A. 1997. Integrating marmoset husbandry and research. In: Marmosets and Tamarins in Biological and Biomedical Research. Proceedings of a Workshop. Pryce, C., Scott, L., Schnell, C. (eds), 39-46. DSSD Imagery, Salisbury, UK.