Nonhuman Primate

Utilization of space by adult and juvenile groups of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

The incorporation of vertical structures, visual barriers, and multiple small areas to create complexity in captive chimpanzee housing is often practical and may aid in creating an environment more conductive to normal social interaction.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Traylor-Holzer, K., Fritz, P. 1985. Utilization of space by adult and juvenile groups of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Zoo Biology 4, 115-127 .

Increasing activity in captive orangutans: Provision of manipulable and edible materials

The gross motor activity of [group-housed] captive orangutans increased with the provision of manipulable and edible materials.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tripp, J. K. 1985. Increasing activity in captive orangutans: Provision of manipulable and edible materials. Zoo Biology 4, 225-234.

Baboons may be smarter than people: For these political primates, friendship – not aggression – is the key to survival

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Strum, S. C. 1985. Baboons may be smarter than people: For these political primates, friendship - not aggression - is the key to survival. Animal Kingdom 88(2), 12-25.

Social influences on conditioned cortisol secretion in the squirrel monkey

Female squirrel monkeys exposed to footshock with conspecifics had lower cortisol levels than those tested alone.

Year Published: 1985Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Citation: Stanton, M. E., Patterson, J. M., Levine, S. 1985. Social influences on conditioned cortisol secretion in the squirrel monkey. Psychoneuroendocrinology 10, 125-134.

A breeding colony of cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

A breeding colony of cotton-top tamarins is described where 91% of the breeding females are from the first and second laboratory-born generations, and whose infants have a one year survival rate of 62%. Mortality is greatest in the first week...

Year Published: 1985Topics: ReproductionAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Snowdon, C. T., Savage, A., McConnell, P. B. 1985. A breeding colony of cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). Laboratory Animal Science 35, 477-480.

Conflict activities in monkeys

Isolated monkeys redirect violence against themselves. They pinch the same patch of their own skin repeatedly until it is raw or even bite and tear themselves.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Russell, C., Russell, W. M. S. 1985. Conflict activities in monkeys. Social Biology and Human Affairs 50, 26-48.

Use of nylon balls as behavioral modifier for caged primates

The [single-housed] animals play with the ball [Nylaball?] by rolling it in the cage. Adult females hold it as a surrogate infant. Stumptail macaques often chew the ball. ... The inert nature of the nylon renders it nontoxic, and any...

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Renquist, D. M., Judge, F. J. 1985. Use of nylon balls as behavioral modifier for caged primates. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 24(4), 4.

Response to social separation in adult macaques

Year Published: 1985Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rasmussen, K. L. R. 1985 . Response to social separation in adult macaques. American Journal of Primatology 8 , 358-359 (Absract).

Recommendations, Guidelines and Information for Biomedical Research Involving Non-Human Primates With Emphasis on Health Problems of Developing Countries

Indicators of inadequate welfare in nonhuman primates:- a very restricted range of activities in relation to those normal to the species in the natural environment;- the development of abnormal and stereotyped behaviours, such as eye-poking ..., auto-aggression and self-mutilation, repetitive...

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Poole, T. B. , Thomas, A. W. 1985. Recommendations, Guidelines and Information for Biomedical Research Involving Non-Human Primates With Emphasis on Health Problems of Developing Countries. European Commission DG-XII INCO ProgrammePrimate Vaccine Evaluation Network (PVEN) , Brussels, Belgium.

Captive Primate Working Party Report

It is felt that different cages should be recommended for different species based on their degree of arboreality and the social groupings which were practicable in the laboratory. Weight of animal alone is not an adequate criterion on which to...

Year Published: 1985Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Poole, T. B. 1985. Captive Primate Working Party Report. Primate Eye 27, 14-15.