Nonhuman Primate

Use of enclosures with functional vertical space by captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) involved in biomedical research

The monkeys visited more often and occupied for longer time regions at or above human eye level [perches and top home cage] than lower regions. The total percentage of time spent in the top home cage was found to be...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Clarence, W. M., Scott, J. P., Dorris, M. C. et al. 2006. Use of enclosures with functional vertical space by captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) involved in biomedical research. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science] 45(5), 31-34.

Considerations in the selection and conditioning of Old World monkeys for laboratory research: Animals from domestic sources

Preparation of domestically bred animals for research usually involves some combination of social separation, relocation, resocialization, alterations in physical space, photoperiod, and diet, as well as exposure to novel environments. The research literature that has focused on these issues is...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Animal Training, Relocation & TransportAnimal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Capitanio, J. P., Kyes, R. C., Fairbanks, L. A. 2006. Considerations in the selection and conditioning of Old World monkeys for laboratory research: Animals from domestic sources. ILAR Journal 47(4), 294-306.

A novel means to characterize and monitor stereotypic behavior in macaques

The causes of stereotypic behavior and self-injury are not known. Onset of stereotypy and self-injury in a cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis).

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Camacho, J. N., Ostertag, K., Derchak, P. et al. 2006. A novel means to characterize and monitor stereotypic behavior in macaques. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 140 (Abstract).

Applying the three Rs to non-human primates

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 2006. Applying the three Rs to non-human primates. Primate Eye 89, 5 (Abstract).

Chimpanzee retirement: behavior and management of an aging ape colony

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brent, L., Fultz, A., Orchard, E. 2006. Chimpanzee retirement: behavior and management of an aging ape colony. American Journal of Primatology 68(Supplement ).

Psychopathology in great apes: concepts, treatment options and possible homologies to human psychiatric disorders

Many captive great apes show gross behavioral abnormalities such as stereotypies, self-mutilation, inappropriate aggression, fear or withdrawal, which impede attempts to integrate these animals in existing or new social groups. These abnormal behaviors resemble symptoms associated with psychiatric disorders in...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bruene, M., Bruene-Cohrs, U., McGrew, W. C. et al. 2006. Psychopathology in great apes: concepts, treatment options and possible homologies to human psychiatric disorders. Neuroscience Biobehavioral Reviews 30, 1246-1259.

Affiliation promotes the transmission of a social custom: handclasp grooming among captive chimpanzees

Handclasp grooming is a unique social custom, known to occur regularly among some, but not all populations of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). As with other cultural behaviors, it is assumed that this distinctive grooming posture is learned socially by one individual...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bonnie, K. E., de Waal, F. B. 2006. Affiliation promotes the transmission of a social custom: handclasp grooming among captive chimpanzees. Primates 47, 27-34.

Identifying and dealing with individual differences in rates of learning when training common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bowell, V. A. 2006. Identifying and dealing with individual differences in rates of learning when training common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) . Primate Eye 89, 14.

Individual differences in the speed and success of positive reinforcement training of laboratory-housed common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bowell, V. A., Buchanan-Smith, H. M. 2006. Individual differences in the speed and success of positive reinforcement training of laboratory-housed common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). International Journal Of Primatology 27(Supplement), 71.

Handling and Restraint

Laboratory animals are handled for a number of reasons, e.g. from simple tasks such as transfer from one cage to another or to a balance for weighing, to more complex procedures such as restraint in which the animal is immobilised...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: All/General, Cat, Dog, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: National Center for the Replacement, R. a. R. o. A. i. R. 2006. Handling and Restraint. National Center for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research, London.