Nonhuman Primate

The successful introduction and resocialization of chimpanzees

Successful introduction and resocialization techniques for chimpanzees are outlined.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Field, L. 1987. The successful introduction and resocialization of chimpanzees. Animal Keepers' Forum 14, 429-431.

Renal medullary solute depletion resulting from psychogenic polydipsia

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Fanton, J. W., Golden, J. G., David, T. D. 1987. Renal medullary solute depletion resulting from psychogenic polydipsia. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 191, 1011-1012.

Scratching, dominance, tension, and displacement in male baboons

The results are interpreted to indicate the possibility that scratching may function as a displacement behavior, which subjectively appears to communicate heightened frustration, anxiety, or arousal.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Easley, S. P., Coelho, A. M., Taylor, L. 1987. Scratching, dominance, tension, and displacement in male baboons. American Journal of Primatology 13, 397-411.

Environmental enrichment for captive primates and foxes

Some enrichment options for chimpanzees and orangutans are mentioned.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate, Other Animal, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dow, S. M. 1987. Environmental enrichment for captive primates and foxes. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 18, 383-384 (Abstract).

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).