Nonhuman Primate

Inside the monkey house

The monkeys greet our presence [reporter getting an offical tour] with alarm. We are, in truth, a frightful sight, decked out head to toe in plastic coveralls. .. But the monkeys' reaction, I sense, is not just about how we...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lueders, B. 2004. Inside the monkey house. Isthmus 29(23), 13-16.

Feeder bags for gorillas

A feeding device for gorillas is described in detail.

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hoppe, P. 2004. Feeder bags for gorillas. Animal Keepers' Forum 31(9), 392-396.

Positive reinforcement training affects hematology and serum chemistry values in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Positive reinforcement training affects hematology and serum chemistry.

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lambeth, S. P., Hau, J., Perlman, J. E. et al. 2004. Positive reinforcement training affects hematology and serum chemistry values in captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Primatology 62(Supplement), 37-38.

Proactive compliance – the team program approach to revitalizing primate enrichment

The Division of Laboratory Animal Resources (DLAR) at the University of Pittsburgh proactively instituted a nonhuman enrichment plan that is founded on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Final Report on the Environmental Enhancement to Promote the Psychological Well-being...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hopper, K. J., Newsome, J. T. 2004. Proactive compliance - the team program approach to revitalizing primate enrichment. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 43(2), 37-38.

Tooth blunting as a wound reduction strategy in group living vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops)

Wounding is a consistent feature of agonistic encounters between male vervet monkeys. In an effort to reduce the incidence and severity of wounding in our multimale/multifemale groups, we tested the efficacy of canine tooth blunting, a minor dental procedure in...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Knezevich, M., Fairbanks, L. 2004. Tooth blunting as a wound reduction strategy in group living vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops). American Journal of Primatology 62(Supplement), 45 (Abstract).

A study of behavioural responses of non-human primates to air transport and re-housing

This paper reports the results of a study of behavioural changes in a group of long-tailed macaques transported by air from standard breeding conditions and then re-housed in standard laboratory primate conditions. The animals were studied prior to their departure,...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Honess, P. E., Johnson, P. J., Wolfensohn, S. E. 2004. A study of behavioural responses of non-human primates to air transport and re-housing. Laboratory Animals 38, 119-132.

Short and long-term effects of a substantial change in cage size on individually housed, adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

We investigated the effects of a six-fold increase in cage size on the behaviour of individually housed male rhesus monkeys. ... Prior to this study, eight male monkeys were individually housed in pens (6.77 m3) for varying lengths of time...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kaufman, B. M., Pouliot, A. L., Tiefenbacher S. et al. 2004. Short and long-term effects of a substantial change in cage size on individually housed, adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) . Applied Animal Behaviour Science 88, 319-330.

Conflict and friendship in immature Guinea baboons

Year Published: 2004Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hermano-Silva, C., Lee, P. C. 2004. Conflict and friendship in immature Guinea baboons. Folia Primatologica 75(Supplement 1), 273. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

Enriching your enrichment program

Feeding enrichment and inanimate enrichment options for group-housed gorillas are described.

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jones, P., Cantrell, R., Chaplin, M. 2004. Enriching your enrichment program. Animal Keepers' Forum 31(10), 430-433.

Husbandry refinements for rodents, dogs and non-human primates used in telemtry procedures – Sevenths report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinment, Part B

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Dog, Nonhuman Primate, Rodent

Citation: Hawkins, P., Morton, D. B., Bevan, R. et al. 2004. Husbandry refinements for rodents, dogs and non-human primates used in telemtry procedures - Sevenths report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinment, Part B. Laboratory Animals 38, in press.