Nonhuman Primate

Expand the space for lion-tailed macaques

The milk crates, barrel, and tires provide more useable space for sitting, climbing, or foraging when they are mounted on walls or hung from the ceiling.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Nelson, D. 1997. Expand the space for lion-tailed macaques. The Shape of Enrichment 6(3), 6.

The Wisconsin Gnawing Stick

The sticks consist of branch segments cut of dead red oak trees. They are used by caged macaques about 5% of the time - more by young animals, less by adult animals - for gnawing, manipulating and playing. All caged...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. The Wisconsin Gnawing Stick. Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Newsletter 7(3-4), 11-12.

Policy on the Use of Non-Human Primates in Medical Research

Concise policy to ensure species-appropriate housing of nonhuman primates. Social interaction is paramount for well-being. Social deprivation in all its forms must be avoided. ... Animals that need to be individually caged, either for experimental or holding purpose (for example,...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: National Health and Medical Research Council [NHMRC] Animal Welfare Committee 1997. Policy on the Use of Non-Human Primates in Medical Research. National Health and Medical Research Council, Canberra, Australia.

Species-adequate housing and handling conditions for Old World nonhuman primates kept in research institutions

Practical recommendations to address five basic characteristics of Old World primates in the laboratory setting: a) social disposition, b) semi-arboreal lifestyle, c) complex living environment, d) intelligence, e) sensitivity to distress.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Animal Training, Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Species-adequate housing and handling conditions for Old World nonhuman primates kept in research institutions. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Eighth Edition. Reinhardt, V. (ed), 85-93. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Effects of environmental enrichment devices on the behavior of socially housed Macaca nemestrina [Indonesian text and summary]

As expected, the animals housed under captive conditions used the device more than the wild group did. ... In both groups, the greatest interest centered on devices with food.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Murakami, T., Kyes, R. C., Lelana, R. P. A. 1997. Effects of environmental enrichment devices on the behavior of socially housed Macaca nemestrina [Indonesian text and summary] . Jurnal Primatologi Indonesia 1, 22-26.

Refining the traditional housing and handling of laboratory rhesus macaques improves scientific methodology

A monkey housed in an empty cage, however, is literally a behavioral cripple because s/he is chronically deprived of appropriate stimuli for the expression of species-typical behavior patterns. It is difficult to know objectively if a monkey experiences boredom when...

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

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Refining the traditional housing and handling of laboratory rhesus macaques improves scientific methodology. Primate Report 49, 93-112.

Blood sampling in 0.2 Bornean orangutans at the Kansas City Zoological Gardens

Training technique is clearly described to ensure cooperation during in-homecage blood collection of a pair of adult female orangutans.

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

Citation: Moore, B. A., Suedmeyer, K. 1997. Blood sampling in 0.2 Bornean orangutans at the Kansas City Zoological Gardens . Animal Keepers' Forum 24, 537-540.

Lighting conditions for laboratory monkeys: Are they adequate? Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Newsletter 8(2), 3-6

The prevailing monkey cage arrangement makes adequate, that is uniform, illumination impossible, because the cages of upper-rows block the light from entering the cages of lower-rows. Caging all animals at the same level of the room is the only solution...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1997. Lighting conditions for laboratory monkeys: Are they adequate? Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Newsletter 8(2), 3-6.

Behavioral responses of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) to variations in environmental conditions in Algeria

Annual time budgets of Barbary macaques did not differ noticeably between the two sites investigated. Monkeys spent around 5 h resting (more than 35% of the day) and only 1.3-1.5 h in social activities in a mean day length of...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Menard, N., Vallet, D. 1997. Behavioral responses of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) to variations in environmental conditions in Algeria. American Journal of Primatology 4, 285-304.

Separation-induced activity in the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis (Hpa) in a social primate, Wied’s Black tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix kuhli)

Thus, visual, acoustic, and olfactory contact with pair mates in the absence of physical contact does not produce [social] buffering.

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Smith, T. E., French, J. A. 1997. Separation-induced activity in the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis (Hpa) in a social primate, Wied's Black tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix kuhli). American Journal of Primatology 42, 150 (Abstract).