Nonhuman Primate

Substrate use and locomotory behaviour in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus)

Individual differences in substrate use revealed repeated locomotory patterns on preferred branches. The study of preference formation in tamarins via environmental sensory and perceptual cues may be a key to enriching captive environments.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dolins, F., Chamove, A. S. 1987. Substrate use and locomotory behaviour in captive cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus). International Journal of Primatology 8, 548 (Abstract).

Training to enhance socialization and reproduction in drills

The females were trained to present to us by positioning their hindquarters right up to the fence. We then desensitized them to a smooth plastic syringe casing being inserted into the vagina. This behavior would allow frequent artificial insemination of...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Desmond, T., Laule, G. M., McNary, J. 1987. Training to enhance socialization and reproduction in drills. American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Regional Conference Proceedings, 352-358.

Tension regulation and nonreproductive function of sex in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus)

Sexual and affiliative behaviors were used to regulate social tensions.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: de Waal, F. B. M. 1987. Tension regulation and nonreproductive function of sex in captive bonobos (Pan paniscus). National Geographic Research 3, 316-335.

Environmental enrichment for laboratory primates

A review of early environmental enrichment studies. Unless they have grown up in the same social group, primates are not likely to tolerate each other when placed together as adults.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Line, S. W. 1987. Environmental enrichment for laboratory primates. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 190, 854-859.

Plasma cortisol of female rhesus monkeys in response to acute restraint

Confinement in a transfer box was a significant event, as measured by cortisol response, even though this condition was presumably intrinsically less stressful than manual restraint [with the help of the squeeze-back in the home cage]. .... Novelty alone can...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Line, S. W., Clarke, A. S., Markowitz, H. 1987. Plasma cortisol of female rhesus monkeys in response to acute restraint. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 26(4), 1-3.

Influence of an environmental enrichment device on general behavior and appetite in rhesus macaques

The enrichment device requires little maintenance, and most monkeys learn to use it with no training. No data are included in this abstract.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Line, S. W., Houghton, P. 1987. Influence of an environmental enrichment device on general behavior and appetite in rhesus macaques. Laboratory Animal Science 37, 508 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment for adult, female baboons (Papio anubis)

Each baboon was placed in a cage with another baboon for 3-4 hours, two or three times per week. The same pairs consistently visited each other in either animal's cage. Although some baboons had previously been single-caged without socialization for...

Year Published: 1987Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jerome, C. P., Szostak, L. 1987. Environmental enrichment for adult, female baboons (Papio anubis). Laboratory Animal Science 37, 508-509 (Abstract).

Influence of acute stress and the adrenal axis on regulation of LH and testosterone in the male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Acute restraint stress appears to cause the transient stimulation of LH release. ... While the stress-stimulated release of corticosteroids failed to affect the LH response to GnRH administration, it did act directly on the testes to prevent the normal release...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hayashi, K. T., Moberg, G. P. 1987. Influence of acute stress and the adrenal axis on regulation of LH and testosterone in the male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 12, 263-273.

Maintenance and breeding of Callithrix jacchus in a colony in Berlin

Low light intensity depressed reproductive performance.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Heger, W. , Neubert, D. 1987. Maintenance and breeding of Callithrix jacchus in a colony in Berlin. In: Nonhuman Primates: Developmental Biology and Toxicology. Neubert D, Merker, H. J., Hendricks, A. G. (eds). ?berreuter Wissenschaftsverlag, Wien, Austria.

Behavioral enrichment for primates: What are the options? Scientists Center for Animal Welfare Newsletter 9(1), 11-12

Some of the primates have exhibited less pacing, less self-investigation, and hair pulling, etc. since regular daily television viewing was started. No data are included in this article.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Heath, S. J. 1987. Behavioral enrichment for primates: What are the options? Scientists Center for Animal Welfare Newsletter 9(1), 11-12.