Nonhuman Primate

Feeding enrichment for captive great apes

Comprehensive discussion of feeding behavior patterns of wild apes. Description of a feeding enrichment program for group-housed chimpanzees.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bloomsmith, M. A. 1989. Feeding enrichment for captive great apes. In: Housing, Care and Psychological Wellbeing of Captive and Laboratory Primates. Segal, E. F. (ed), 336-356. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ.

Moving callitrichid monkeys from cages to outside areas

All animals avoided areas with little cover. The two tamarin families preferred an indoor cage to a large open area with little cover and consequently only showed a limited range of behavior when outside. When dense cover was provided to...

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S., Rohrhuber, B. 1989. Moving callitrichid monkeys from cages to outside areas. Zoo Biology 8, 151-163.

Environmental enrichment: Behavioral responses of rhesus to puzzle feeders

A commercial puzzle feeder loaded with 10 whole peanuts is tested in two single-housed adult males. Average time spent foraging from the feeder was about 15 minutes.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bloom, K. R., Cook, M. 1989. Environmental enrichment: Behavioral responses of rhesus to puzzle feeders. Lab Animal 18(5), 25,27,29,31.

Examining environmental enrichment

A review of feeding and inanimate enrichment studies.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S. , Anderson, J. R. 1989. Examining environmental enrichment. In: Housing, Care and Psychological Wellbeing of Captive and Laboratory Primates. Segal, E. F. (ed), 183-202 . Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ.

Solution to psychological enhancement of the environment for the nonhuman primate

An exercise cage for macaques is described.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Blackmore, W. M. 1989. Solution to psychological enhancement of the environment for the nonhuman primate. In: Housing, Care and Psychological Wellbeing of Captive and Laboratory Primates. Segal, E. F. (ed), 235-243. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ.

Enrichment in chimpanzees: Unpredictable ropes and tools

Chimpanzees preferred to play with ropes which acted unpredictably because the distant ends were in cages of other chimpanzees. Normal ropes were ignored.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S. 1989. Enrichment in chimpanzees: Unpredictable ropes and tools. RATEL (Journal of the Association of British Wild Animal Keepers) 16, 139 (Abstract).

Training Medical Behaviors in Orangutans at Brookfield Zoo (Videotape With Commentary)

Training technique is clearly described and demonstrated to ensure cooperation of two pair-housed female/male orangutans during daily insulin injection.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Berman, N. , Greenblatt, H. 1989. Training Medical Behaviors in Orangutans at Brookfield Zoo (Videotape With Commentary). Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield Zoo, ILAvailable on loan from Animal Care Audio-Visual Materials, WRPRC, 1220 Capitol Court, Madison, WI 53715, USA .

Presenting and mounting in non-human primates: Theoretical developments

Studies of presenting and mounting in non-human primates, mainly in Old World monkeys, are reviewed with particular emphasis on studies undertaken in the last two decades. The significance of presenting/mounting as social signals has been increasingly recognized in recent studies....

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chadwick-Jones, J. K. 1989. Presenting and mounting in non-human primates: Theoretical developments. Journal of Social and Biological Structures 12, 319-333.

Breeding colonies and psychological well-being

Valuable discussion of relatively safe group-housing management practices.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bernstein, I. S. 1989. Breeding colonies and psychological well-being. American Journal of Primatology 19(Supplement 1), 31-36.

The effects of single caging on chimpanzee behavior

Transfer from group-housing to single-housing resulted in a significant increase in stereotyped behaviors.

Year Published: 1989Animal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brent, L., Lee, D. R., Eichberg, J. W. 1989. The effects of single caging on chimpanzee behavior. Laboratory Animal Science 39, 345-346.