Nonhuman Primate

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.

Mirror responses in a Japanese macaque troop (Arashiyama West)

Behavioral data suggest that the animals perceive the mirror image not as a conspecific but as the individual monkey's own reflection.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Platt, M. M., Thompson, R. L. 1985. Mirror responses in a Japanese macaque troop (Arashiyama West). Primates 26, 300-314.

Integration of hand-reared gorilla infants in a group

Zoo-born gorilla infants could best be introduced into a group when about 1.5 to 2 years old; when younger or older, social integration becomes more difficult. An introduction to adult females in a small cage until strong social relations are...

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

Citation: Meder, A. 1985. Integration of hand-reared gorilla infants in a group. Zoo Biology 4, 1-12.

Effects of manipulatable objects on the activity of captive capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella)

We conclude that providing straw and portable objects in an already well equipped cage is an effective means of long-term behavioral enrichment for [group-housed] captive capuchin monkeys.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Westergaard, G. C., Fragaszy, D. M. 1985. Effects of manipulatable objects on the activity of captive capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella). Zoo Biology 4, 317-327.

Management of a harem breeding colony of rhesus monkeys to reduce trauma-related morbidity and mortality

Mortality rates per year were reduced from 13.4% to 3.5% when monkeys were maintained in permanent harems to which returning females were reintroduced compared to new social groups formed from aggregates of unfamiliar animals.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kessler, M. J., London, W. T., Rawlins, R. G. et al. 1985. Management of a harem breeding colony of rhesus monkeys to reduce trauma-related morbidity and mortality. Journal of Medical Primatology 13, 91-98.

Effects of ketamine anaesthesia, stress and repeated bleeding on the haematology of vervet monkeys

10 adult [single-housed] non-pregnant females were trained to present a limb for unstressed sampling. [Training protocol is not described.]

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Wall, H. S., Worthman, C., Else, J. G. 1985. Effects of ketamine anaesthesia, stress and repeated bleeding on the haematology of vervet monkeys. Laboratory Animals 19, 138-144.

The Japanese Tsukuba Primate Center for Medical Science (TPC): An outline

Photographic demonstration of inadequate lighting conditions in double-tier primate cages.

Year Published: 1985Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Honjo, S. 1985. The Japanese Tsukuba Primate Center for Medical Science (TPC): An outline. Journal of Medical Primatology 14, 75-89.