Nonhuman Primate

Activity patterns in a stumptail macaque group (Macaca arctoides)

Individuals participated in social grooming approximately 12% of the time; females did far more grooming than did males.

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bernstein, I. S. 1980. Activity patterns in a stumptail macaque group (Macaca arctoides). Folia Primatologica 33(1-2), 20-45.

The Stanford outdoor primate facility

Various inanimate enrichment options for outdoor-housed chimpanzees are described. An adolescent male chimpanzee cooperated in venipuncture; research assistants draw a 10-ml sample of blood while the animal sucks apple juice from a plastic bottle.

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: McGinnis, P. R. , Kraemer, H. C. 1979. The Stanford outdoor primate facility. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Seventh Edition. 20-27. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Environmental enrichment and behavioral engineering for captive primates

Food dispensing apparatuses were developed and successfully implemented as feeding enrichment options for group-housed gibbons, siamangs and diana monkeys. Frequently, often with free food in their hands, they [gibbons] attempted to get the lights and levers to respond and missed...

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Gibbon, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Markowitz, H. 1979. Environmental enrichment and behavioral engineering for captive primates. In: Captivity and Behavior. Erwin, J., Maple, T., Mitchell, G. (eds), 217-238. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY.

Great apes in captivity: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Suggestions to enhance the physical and social environment of apes. Captive apes need activity in order to prevent boredom.

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Maple, T. L. 1979. Great apes in captivity: The good, the bad, and the ugly. In: Captivity and Behavior. Erwin, J., Maple, T., Mitchell, G. (eds), 239-272. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY.

Anti-boredom devices for primates

Description of two simple feeding devices: the grape board and the honey-fishing box .

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Goodall, J. 1979. Anti-boredom devices for primates. In: Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, Seventh Edition. Animal Welfare Institute 16. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington, DC.

Effects of stress on the profile of plasma steroids in baboons (Papio hamadyas)

Restraint stress affects testosterone, progesterone, and oestradiol.

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Goncharov, N. P., Taranov, A. G., Antonichev, A. V. et al. 1979. Effects of stress on the profile of plasma steroids in baboons (Papio hamadyas). Acta Endocrinologica 90, 372-384.

Resocialization of chimpanzees: Ten years of experience at the Primate Foundation of Arizona

Careful and successful pair- and group-formation procedurs are described.

Year Published: 1979Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Fritz, P., Fritz, J. 1979. Resocialization of chimpanzees: Ten years of experience at the Primate Foundation of Arizona. Journal of Medical Primatology 8, 202-221.

Strangers in a strange land: Abnormal behavior or abnormal environments? In: Captivity and Behavior

It is the purpose of this chapter to review some of the information on abnormal behavior of primates and the environmental factors associated with them. ... Virtually all captive-reared macaques confined in small cages early in life express this behavioral...

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Erwin, J. , Deni, R. 1979. Strangers in a strange land: Abnormal behavior or abnormal environments? In: Captivity and Behavior. Erwin, J., Maple, T., Mitchell, G. (eds), 1-28. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY.

Aggression in captive macaques: Interaction of social and spacial factors

Providing a male-dominated group access to two rooms (more space) rather than one (less space) allowed some animals to be out of the dominant male's sight. Loss of the male's control over his group resulted in a dramatic increase in...

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Erwin, J. 1979. Aggression in captive macaques: Interaction of social and spacial factors. In: Captivity and Behavior. Erwin, J., Maple, T., Mitchell, G. (eds), 139-171. Van Nostrand, New York, NY.

Baboon behavior under crowded conditions

A stable breeding troop's living space - barren room - was reduced step-wise up to 50%, by means of a movable wall. Crowding produced sharp increases in aggression, noticeable increase in tension and general activity. Social disintegration [e.g., vicious aggression,...

Year Published: 1979Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Elton, R. H. 1979. Baboon behavior under crowded conditions. In: Captivity and Behavior. Erwin, J., Maple, T., Mitchell, G. (ed), 125-139. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY.