Nonhuman Primate

Venipuncture and vaginal swabbing in an enclosure occupied by a mixed-sex group of stumptailed macacaques (Macaca arctoides)

Training technique is described. Eight female stump-tailed macaques (M. arctoides) who lived with six adult males were rewarded with fresh fruit after being netted against the enclosure wire while a cotton-tipped swab was inserted in the vagina, gently rotated and...

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bunyak, S. C., Harvey, N. C., Rhine, R. J. et al. 1982. Venipuncture and vaginal swabbing in an enclosure occupied by a mixed-sex group of stumptailed macacaques (Macaca arctoides). American Journal of Primatology 2, 201-204.

A tandem cage for individually handling group-living monkeys

Except for some specialized cases the accepted practice of housing monkeys, singly, in small cages for experimental purposes, is completely unjustified in the light of present knowledge, since primatologists are now fully aware that monkeys are social animals and require...

Year Published: 1983Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chance, M. R. A., Byrne, B., Jones, E. 1983. A tandem cage for individually handling group-living monkeys. Laboratory Animals 17, 129-132.

A functional analysis of social grooming patterns through direct comparison with self-grooming in rhesus monkeys

Social grooming in primates is a complex behavior in which monkeys stroke, pick, or otherwise manipulate a companion's body surface. While grooming has been associated with important social functions, researchers who have examined its physical characteristics, such as body site...

Year Published: 1983Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Boccia, M. L. 1983. A functional analysis of social grooming patterns through direct comparison with self-grooming in rhesus monkeys. International Journal of Primatology 4(4), 399-418 .

The pole and collar system

The single-housed subject wears a permanent collar and is caught with a pole, using the squeeze-back to control his/her position. A trained animal allows itself to be caught with little resistance. Many animals which are handled extensively will present the...

Year Published: 1983Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anderson, J. H., Houghton, P. 1983. The pole and collar system. A technique for handling and training nonhuman primates. Lab Animal 12(6), 47-49.

Environmental influences on the activity of captive apes

These findings suggest that objects within environments may be more important for [group-housed] captive apes than the size... of the enclosure.

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wilson, S. F. 1982. Environmental influences on the activity of captive apes. Zoo Biology 1, 201-209.

Training a capuchin (Cebus apella) to perform as an aide for a quadriplegic

During the course of a pilot project the investigators developed a set of procedures for teaching a Cebus monkey a variety of helping skills. Given a description of those procedures, a college student with no prior animal training experience was...

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Willard, M. J., Dana, K., Stark, L. et al. 1982. Training a capuchin (Cebus apella) to perform as an aide for a quadriplegic. Primates 23, 520-532 .

A vocabulary of abnormal behaviors in restrictively reared chimpanzees

Behavioral disorders of chimpanzees are listed and clearly described. Even relatively complex laboratory environments, in the absence of opportunity for interaction with conspecifics, disrupt and seriously damage psychological processes in the chimpanzee. ..Chimpanzees that exhibit the more severe behavioral pathologies...

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Walsh, S., Bramblett, C. A., Alford, P. L. 1982. A vocabulary of abnormal behaviors in restrictively reared chimpanzees. American Journal of Primatology 3, 315-319.

Reproductive performance in capture-acclimated female rhesus monkeys

Animals quickly learn to extend their legs [while being restrained to the front of the transport box] and after only a few trials volunteer their legs readily.

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Walker, M. L., Gordon, T. P., Wilson, M. E. 1982. Reproductive performance in capture-acclimated female rhesus monkeys. Journal of Medical Primatology 11, 291-302.

Differential effects of chemical and physical restraint on carbohydrate tolerance testing in nonhuman primates

Restraint of nonhuman primates may introduce major variables to complicate experimentation or clinical testing such as during the repeated blood samplings necessary for carbohydrate tolerance testing (p. 263). Chemical restraint with ketamine prevented the establishment of definitive baseline plasma glucose...

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Streett, J. W., Jonas, A. M. 1982. Differential effects of chemical and physical restraint on carbohydrate tolerance testing in nonhuman primates. Laboratory Animal Science 32, 263-266.

Triadic interactions in captive Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvana): “”Agonistic buffering””

This study presents data on the expression of male-immature triadic interactions, previously termed agonistic buffering, in a captiveMacaca sylvanusgroup. Agonistic buffering has been hypothesized as inhibiting or modifying the expression of aggression. This was tested by examining (1) the dominance...

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Smith, E. O., Peffer-Smith, P. G. 1982. Triadic interactions in captive Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvana): "Agonistic buffering". American Journal of Primatology 2, 99-107.