Nonhuman Primate

Effects of environmental enrichment on care-giving and infant development in marmosets

Twin infants from eight family groups were observed for the first 10 weeks of life. Non-enriched enclosures contained a nest box and branches. Enriched enclosures also had an artificial gum tree to stimulate the marmosets natural exudate gouging behaviour, wooden...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Rearing & WeaningAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Ventura, R., Buchanan, H. M., Morris, K. 2001. Effects of environmental enrichment on care-giving and infant development in marmosets. Primate Eye 73, 19 (Abstract).

Primate herb gardens

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Van den Nieuwendijk-Ruijs, J. 2001. Primate herb gardens. The Shape of Enrichment 10(1), 12.

Effects of enrichment items on the Sacramento Zoo orangutans

Food enrichment may have indeed taken on a similar meaning that highly prized food items do for wild orangutans. Their resulting competitive behavior for the enrichment could have itslef been enriching.

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Valdovinos, E. 2001. Effects of enrichment items on the Sacramento Zoo orangutans. Animal Keepers' Forum 28, 354-364.

Cortisol response to ACTH challenge in rhesus monkeys with self-injurious behavior

Monkeys with a veterinary record of self-inflicted wounding did not differ from non-wounders in their plasma cortisol response to ACTH.

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tiefenbacher, S., Novak, M., Marinus, L. et al. 2001. Cortisol response to ACTH challenge in rhesus monkeys with self-injurious behavior. American Journal of Primatology 54(Supplement ), 61-62 (Abstract).

The pathophysiology of self-injurious behavior in rhesus macaques

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tiefenbacher, S. 2001. The pathophysiology of self-injurious behavior in rhesus macaques. Dissertation Abstracts International B62(1), 102 (Abstract).

Conflict resolution following aggression in gregarious animals: a predictive framework

Knowledge of how animals manage their conflicts is critical for understanding the dynamics of social systems. During the last two decades research on gregarious animals, especially primates, has focused on the mechanisms of conflict management, mainly on friendly postconflict reunions...

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Goat, Lemur, Macaque, Marine Mammal, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Animal, Other Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Citation: Aureli, F., Cords, M., van Schaik, C. P. 2002. Conflict resolution following aggression in gregarious animals: a predictive framework . Animal Behaviour 64(3), 325-343.

Rearing and housing history of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) displaying self-injurious and noninjurious abnormal behaviors

Postponement of initial single-housing, at least through the juvenile period, and restricting the duration of single-housing may exert a protective effect against abnormal behaviors, or may reduce the severity of the pathologies that develop.

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Baker, K. C. 2002. Rearing and housing history of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) displaying self-injurious and noninjurious abnormal behaviors. American Journal of Primatology 57, 82 (Abstract).

Animal care training – Monkey business

During the conference [Association of Primate Veterinarians Workshop in Baltimore, October 2001], AC [Animal Care] staff members discussed a recent survey of primate housing that shows that 65 percent of primates in research [including breeding animals living in groups/pairs] are...

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anonymous 2002. Animal care training - Monkey business. APHIS' Animal Care Report Winter, 1.

Coulston lab shuttered; monkeys get new caretakers

The controversial Coulston Foundation, based in Alamogordo, N.M., has shut down, and its chimpanzees and monkeys will be relocated to a sanctuary in Florida where they will be permanently removed from research, said the Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care in...

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anonymous 2002. Coulston lab shuttered; monkeys get new caretakers. New Mexico Business Weekly (web site) September 16.

For Chimps, Some Space To Live Out Golden Years – Retirement Sanctuary to House Ex-Research Animals

Under a $19 million contract awarded yesterday by the National Institutes of Health, Chimp Haven Inc., a nonprofit group based in Shreveport, will operate a sanctuary system for all chimpanzees retired from federal biomedical facilities.

Year Published: 2002Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anonymous 2002. For Chimps, Some Space To Live Out Golden Years - Retirement Sanctuary to House Ex-Research Animals . Washington Post October 1, A19.