Nonhuman Primate

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.

An attempt at behavioral enrichment for a captive male lowland gorilla

An attempt was made to overcome the lethargic behavior of a singly housed male gorilla. The animal was provided with a plastic ball and burlap bags, and his food was intermixed with hay in order to encourage foraging behavior. Behavioral...

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

Citation: Glassman, D. M., Buttler, S. J., Willis, F. B. et al. 1987. An attempt at behavioral enrichment for a captive male lowland gorilla. American Journal of Primatology 12, 344 (Abstract).

Social enrichment of the environment with infants for singly caged adult rhesus monkeys

Twenty-nine weaned rhesus monkey infants were removed from breeding troops to avoid overcrowding and were placed with unfamiliar singly caged adults without prior familiarization. Adult-infant pairs were compatible in 90% of cases. Compatibility depended neither on the sex, age, or...

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

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Houser, W. D., Eisele, S. et al. 1987. Social enrichment of the environment with infants for singly caged adult rhesus monkeys. Zoo Biology 6, 365-371.

Improved installation method for branches that are used as cage enrichment for macaques

We attach the branch in such a way that the animal can both perch on it and freely move below it. ... We are confident that we have found an optimal way to eliminate the need of special cleaning due...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1987. Improved installation method for branches that are used as cage enrichment for macaques. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 26(3), 1.

Advantages of housing rhesus monkeys in compatible pairs

An intelligent, social animals such as a rhesus monkey, ... represents a caricature of its own kind when kept in an artificial environment that is deprived of both animate and inanimate stimulation. Such animals are behavioral cripples, since the whole...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1987. Advantages of housing rhesus monkeys in compatible pairs. Scientists Center for Animal Welfare Newsletter 9(3), 3-6.

Enriching the lives of primates in captivity

A summary of basic environmental enrichement for group-housed rhesus macaques. The essence of the social primate is lost under the stresses of the nonsocial condition.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Human-Animal Interaction, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill, P. L. 1987. Enriching the lives of primates in captivity. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 1, 1-5.

Enriching techniques for confined primates

A summary of basic environmental enrichement for group-housed rhesus macaques.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill, P. L. 1987. Enriching techniques for confined primates. Scientists Center for Animal Welfare Newsletter 9(4), 5 & 7-8.