Nonhuman Primate

Finding new homes for ex-laboratory and surplus zoo primates

Every year around 65,000 primates are used in European and U.S. laboratories, mainly for pharmaceutical safety and efficacy evaluation and research in the fields of microbiology, neuroscience, and biochemistry/chemistry (Carlsson et al., 2004; European Commission, 2005; United States Department of...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Prescott, M. J. 2006. Finding new homes for ex-laboratory and surplus zoo primates. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 45(3), 5-8.

Socialisation of rhesus macaques at CFM

The Centre for macaques in England is an example of best practice in the care and welfare of old world primates in addition to an evolving centre for the education and training of people working in the area of primate...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Southey, E. R., Baldwin, C. M. 2006. Socialisation of rhesus macaques at CFM. Animal Technology and Welfare 5(2), 119-122.

The NC3Rs and primate welfare

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Prescott, M. J. 2006. The NC3Rs and primate welfare. Primate Eye 89, 15 (Abstract).

Is cortisol a reliable indicator for assessing well-being in primates? Primate Eye 89, 13 (Abstract)

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Skyner, L., Smith, T. 2006. Is cortisol a reliable indicator for assessing well-being in primates? Primate Eye 89, 13 (Abstract).

Primate sensory capabilities and communication signals: implications for care and use in the laboratory

This article summaries the sensory capabilities of the non-human primates commonly used in the laboratory, highlights important modes of communication, and identifies several implications of these for designing and refining experiments, housing and husbandry systems and enrichment strategies.Where primates are...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Prescott, M. J. 2006. Primate sensory capabilities and communication signals: implications for care and use in the laboratory. NC3Rs [National Center for the Replacement Refinement Reduction of Animals in Research], 1-23.

Family ties, friendship, and fitness among wild female baboons

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Silk, J. B., Alberts, S. C., Altmann, J. 2006. Family ties, friendship, and fitness among wild female baboons. International Journal of Primatology 27(Supplement), 530 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment objects for the improvement of locomotion of caged rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Juveniles used the mobile objects [treadmill and rotating barrel] more than the adults. Due to the increase in locomotion, the amount of time spent in aggressive behavior significantly decreased.

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Plesker, R., Heller-Schmidth, J., Hackbarth, H. 2006. Environmental enrichment objects for the improvement of locomotion of caged rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Laboratory Primate Newsletter 45(1), 7-10.

Shaping in Macaca nemestrina

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Sempreboni, F., Spiezio, C., Grassi, D. 2006. Shaping in Macaca nemestrina. Folia Primatologica 77(4), 272. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

I see myself

A few months ago I first noticed Annie looking in the mirror and examining her own teeth. She used her finger to pull her lip down to get a better look at her teeth, with her face close to the...

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schultz, P. 2006. I see myself. Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) Quarterly 55(3), 6.

Positive reinforcement training may diminish interindividual variation in physiological parameters among captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J., Lambeth, S. P., Perlman, J. E. et al. 2006. Positive reinforcement training may diminish interindividual variation in physiological parameters among captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). International Journal of Primatology 27 (Supplement), 72 (Abstract).