Nonhuman Primate
Kong toys for laboratory primates: Are they really an enrichment or just fomites? Laboratory Animal Science 43, 78-85
The use of simple toys for environmental enrichment of laboratory primates is an economical means of increasing the complexity of the cage environment to a limited degree. The limitations presented by this method of enrichment include the finite ways in...
Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Bayne, K., Dexter, S. L., Hurst, J. K. et al. 1993. Kong toys for laboratory primates: Are they really an enrichment or just fomites? Laboratory Animal Science 43, 78-85.
Read MoreIncreasing the activity of primates in the laboratory
A very useful discussion of environmental enrichment strategies.
Year Published: 1993Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Bartecki, U. 1993. Increasing the activity of primates in the laboratory. Der Tierschutzbeauftragte 3, 10-16.
Read MoreCoping 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).
Read MoreHow 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.
Read MoreIndividually 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).
Read MoreCage 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.
Read MoreHumans 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.
Read MoreResponse 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.
Read MoreImproving 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.
Read MoreEnvironmental 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.
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