Nonhuman Primate

The Great Apes – A Study of Anthropoid Life

Review of feeding enrichment options specifically challenging the intelligence of nonhuman primates.

Year Published: 1929Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Yerkes, R. M. , Yerkes, A. W. 1929. The Great Apes. A Study of Anthropoid Life. Yale University Press, New Haven.

The self-mutilation of a male rhesus monkey

A drastic case of observer-induced self-biting of a male rhesus macaque is described.

Year Published: 1928Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tinklepaugh, O. L. 1928. The self-mutilation of a male rhesus monkey. Journal of Mammalogy 9, 293-300.

The Intelligence of Apes

It is hardly an exaggeration to say that a chimpanzee kept in solitude is not a real chimpanzee at all.

Year Published: 1927Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kohler, W. 1927. The Intelligence of Apes. Metheun, London, UK.

The Care and Breeding of Laboratory Animals: The Monkey

Valuable observations regarding the space requirements of single-housed rhesus macaques. It is inconceivable that growing monkeys in the laboratory be denied their essential activities of swinging, jumping, and scampering about. This calls for space. ... If sufficient room is not...

Year Published: 1950Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Van Wagenen, G. 1950. The monkeys. In: The Care and Breeding of Laboratory Animals . Farris, E. J. (ed), 1-42. John Wiley, New York, NY.

Morphine addiction in chimpanzees

Author provides formal description of training four unrestrained chimpanzees to approach an investigator and accept an injection of physiological saline solution. The training comprised a combination of adaptation, desensitization, and shaping, with fruit, praise, and patting as reinforcers. It is...

Year Published: 1940Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Spragg, S. D. S. 1940. Morphine addiction in chimpanzees. Comparative Psychology Monographs 15, 1-132.

Increased plasma glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase activity in monkeys due to nonspecific stress effect

There can be a rise in SGO-T [serum glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase] in monkeys due to nonspecific stress such a fright, handling or clinical procedures.

Year Published: 1959Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Cope, F. W., Polis, B. D. 1959. Increased plasma glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase activity in monkeys due to nonspecific stress effect. Journal of Aviation Medicine 30, 90-94.

Restraining chair for the experimental study of primates

Restraint chair is described. A major question to be answered in evaluating the usefulness of this technique concerns the possible 'stressful' effect of the situation itself.

Year Published: 1958Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Mason, J. W. 1958. Restraining chair for the experimental study of primates. Journal of Applied Physiology 12, 130-133.

Effect of sensory stimulation on the activity of normal and prefrontal-lobectomized monkeys

The level of activity of both groups [single-housed test subjects] was positively related to the level of room illumination.

Year Published: 1958Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Isaac, W., DeVito, J. L. 1958. Effect of sensory stimulation on the activity of normal and prefrontal-lobectomized monkeys. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 51, 172-174.

Observational learning in the rhesus monkey

Performance of learning tasks by rhesus monkeys is facilitated when tested with a partner compared to being tested alone

Year Published: 1958Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Darby, C. L., Riopelle, A. J. 1958. Observational learning in the rhesus monkey. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 51, 23-31.

Husbandry practices for the quarantining and conditioning of sub-human primates

Conventional double-tier caging system with dark lower-rows is documented.

Year Published: 1957Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Gay, W. I. 1957. Husbandry practices for the quarantining and conditioning of sub-human primates. Proceedings of the Animal Care Panel 7, 83-88.