Nonhuman Primate

Coping with short-term crowding in long-tailed macaques

Data from 42 individuals belonging to different age-sex classes showed that only mild forms of aggression increased under the crowded condition. Crowding also resulted in a decrease in grooming, playing and exploration of the environment, while it produced an increase...

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Aureli, F., Veenema, H., van Eck, C. 1993. Coping with short-term crowding in long-tailed macaques. American Journal of Primatology. 31, 295 (Abstract).

How to obtain individual urine samples from undisturbed marmoset families

An apparatus and a method are described, which allow simultaneous urine collection from all individual members of undisturbed marmoset families. By the end of the third week of training, it was not unusual to collect urine samples from an entire...

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anzenberger, G., Gossweiler, H. 1993. How to obtain individual urine samples from undisturbed marmoset families. American Journal of Primatology 31, 223-230.

Individually housed bonnet macaque males perform joy-stick task to view live video of a social group

Individually housed bonnet macaques perform joy-stick task to view video of a group-housed conspecifics.

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Andrews, M. W., Rosenblum, L. A. 1993. Individually housed bonnet macaque males perform joy-stick task to view live video of a social group. American Journal of Primatology 30, 294 (Abstract).

Cage top feeding for primates

Distributing the standard food 'on the cage roof' is a simple method of eliciting species-typical feeding behavior in captive primates.

Year Published: 1993Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Britt, A. 1993. Cage top feeding for primates. The Shape of Enrichment 2(3), 11.

Humans enrich the lives of lab baboons

The reduction in cage painting and banging was dramatic and remarkable after the single-housed animals received more attention from the attending personnel.

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Choi, G. C. 1993. Humans enrich the lives of lab baboons. WARDS (Working for Animals Used in Research, Drugs and Surgery) Newsletter 4, 3-7 & 13.

Response of cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) to faecal scents of predators and non-predators

Prey species may suffer continual levels of heightened anxiety with possible detrimental effects when faeces of a predator is situated at close range.

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Buchanan-Smith, H. M., Anderson, D. A., Ryan, C. W. 1993. Response of cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) to faecal scents of predators and non-predators. Animal Welfare 2, 17-32.

Improving the work environment for animal care personnel with laboratory macaques

New techniques were developed to avoid the manual transfer - and the associated health hazard - of caged macaques during handling procedures.

Year Published: 1993Topics: Animal Training, Housing, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Cowley, D., Vertein, R., Pape, H. et al. 1993. Improving the work environment for animal care personnel with laboratory macaques. Animal Technology 44, 129-135.

Environmental enrichment for large scale marmoset units

Enrichment possibilities for marmosets are described.

Year Published: 1993Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Heath, M., Libretto, S. E. 1993. Environmental enrichment for large scale marmoset units . Animal Technology 44, 163-173.

Primate well-being is not promoted by suit

Our institution alone has spent more than $400,000, to increase the size of 'substandard' caging, in most cases by an inch or two. Those are wasted dollars.

Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M. 1993. Primate well-being is not promoted by suit. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 32(2), 1-2.

Effects of increased cage complexity on behavior in captive drills, (Mandrillus leucophaeus)

Cage enrichment resulted in an increase in total interactions between drills and a significant decrease in aberrant behavior.

Year Published: 1993Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hearn, G. W., Onderdonk, D., Rish, P. 1993. Effects of increased cage complexity on behavior in captive drills, (Mandrillus leucophaeus) . American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Annual Conference Proceedings, 287-289.