Nonhuman Primate

Cyproterone acetate, an antiandrogen, reduces self-biting in male rhesus (Macaca mulatta)

Cyproterone acetate was a partially effective treatment.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Eaton, G. G., Worlein, J. M., Kelley, S. T. et al. 1997. Cyproterone acetate, an antiandrogen, reduces self-biting in male rhesus (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 42, 107 (Abstract).

Enrichment options: Primates: Objects to carry and manipulate

Description of various custom-made toys.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dorian, C. 1997. Enrichment options: Primates: Objects to carry and manipulate. Animal Keepers' Forum 24(2), 71.

Environmental enrichment in captive primates: A survey and review

Environmental enrichment programs of selected British zoos and case studies of five zoos in Europe are surveyed. Enrichment in primates was shown overall to have a strong bias towards the great apes and terrestrial/semi-terrestrial species in general. .... The lives...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dickie, L. A. 1997. Environmental enrichment in captive primates: A survey and review. In: Proceedings on the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Holst, B. (ed), 337-355. Copenhagen Zoo, Frederiksberg, DK.

The ethologist’s viewThe Housing of Non-Human Primates Used for Experimental Research and Other Scientific Purposes: Issues for Consideration

Ethologists always keep in mind what is natural for a subject of a given species and so to what extent the monkey is able to cope with a very different environment, given his species-specific constraints. To be considered as beneficial...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Deputte, B. L. 1997. The ethologist's viewThe 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.

Conflict resolution and distress alleviation in monkeys and apes

Research on nonhuman primates has produced compelling evidence for reconciliation and consolation, that is, postconflict contacts that serve to respectively repair social relationships and reassure distressed individuals, such as victims of attack. This has led to a view of conflict...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: de Waal, F. B., Aureli, F. 1997. Conflict resolution and distress alleviation in monkeys and apes. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 807(Jan. 15), 317-328.

The use of operant conditioning in training husbandry behaviors in white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia): A model for animal keepers

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Guidetti, P. A., Gold, K., Frampton, T. L. et al. 1997. The use of operant conditioning in training husbandry behaviors in white-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia): A model for animal keepers. In: Complete North American Regional Studbook for the White-Faced Saki (Pithecia Pithecica). Frampton, T. (ed), 4-8. Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence, MA.

Grooming-contact bars provide social contact for individually caged laboratory primates

We investigated pair housing of adult long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) by using widely spaced, vertical "grooming-contact" (G-C) bars that allow physical contact but prevent pursuit by one animal into the other's cage. Cages with G-C bars provide several potential advantages...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M., Bellanca, R. U., Bowers, C. L. et al. 1997. Grooming-contact bars provide social contact for individually caged laboratory primates. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 36(6), 53-60.

Positive reinforcement training

Overview of successful training procedures for orangutans, including a very useful case history.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Greenblatt, N. , Sevenich, M. 1997. Positive reinforcement training. In: Orangutan Species Survival Plan Husbandry Manual. Sodaro C. (ed), 88-102. Atlanta Orangutan SSP, Atlanta, GA.

The integration of stranger males into a group of tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

The introductions were noteworthy for their early lack of both aggression and affiliation. Unlike the macaque model, in which aggression occurs immediately and relationships are settled quickly, the social integration of male capuchins was a gradual process.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Cooper, M. A., Thompson, R. K., Bernstein, I. S. et al. 1997. The integration of stranger males into a group of tufted capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). American Journal of Primatology 42, 10 (Abstract).