Other Nonhuman Primate

Enrichment Options: Primates

Several feeding enrichment options for small primates are described.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Abels, J. 1998. Enrichment Options: Primates. Animal Keepers' Forum 25(4), 12-15.

On the training of a female bonobo for artificial insemination in the Columbus Zoo

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Yoshida, H. 1997. On the training of a female bonobo for artificial insemination in the Columbus Zoo. Pan Africa News 4(2), 16-17.

Requirements of biomedical research in terms of housing and husbandry for non-human primates: Pharmacology & Toxicology

The objective of toxicology and pharmacology studies is to detect change or variation from normal and to interpret the significance of such change, with the intention of assessing risk to man. With non-human primates (NHPs) detection of change related to...

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Woolley, A. P. A. H. 1997. Requirements of biomedical research in terms of housing and husbandry for non-human primates: Pharmacology & Toxicology. Primate Report 49, 37-41.

Gorillas: The enrichment experience

This presentation will provide zoo professionals with examples of numerous enrichment activities.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Williams, K. 1997. Gorillas: The enrichment experience. Gorilla Gazette 11(1), 22 (Abstract).

Birth management and rearing

Re-introduction of infants to their mothers and other conspecifics is discussed. If infants have to be removed from their mothers, handrearing should be avoided. In many cases infants have been successfully returned to the mother or have been reared by...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watts, E. 1997. Birth management and rearing. In: Orangutan Species Survival Plan Husbandry Manual. Sodaro C. (ed), 45-58. Atlanta Orangutan SSP, Atlanta, GA.

Orangutan Species Survival Plan Husbandry Manual: Behavioral Biology

Based on a survey, group integration and re-introduction techniques are described and valuable recommendations made. Of the 45 introductions that have been described, only eight were described as unsuccessful. ... Thirteen introductions that involved males were successful. ... Injuries commonly...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watts, E. 1997. Introductions. In: Orangutan Species Survival Plan Husbandry Manual. Sodaro, C. (ed), 69-84. Atlanta Orangutan SSP, Atlanta, GA.

A training plan to induce nursing in a female western lowland gorilla

This paper describes the effect of an operant conditioning training plan on maternal behavior/nursing with a 14-year-old mother-reared female gorilla. ... Discussions on how access to body parts, how manipulations of body parts, and how the stimulation of nursing were...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Webb, T. D. 1997. A training plan to induce nursing in a female western lowland gorilla. Gorilla Gazette 11(1), 21-22 (Abstract).

Response of captive Barbados green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops sabeus) to a variety of enrichment devices

Response to several toys and foraging devices were tested. Single-housed. subjects interacted more frequently with items which are transparent.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watson, L. M. 1997. Response of captive Barbados green monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops sabeus) to a variety of enrichment devices. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 36(2), 5-7.

A training program for noninvasive semen collection in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

A training program for voluntary semen collection [and cursory physical examination] in a bachelor group of [three] western lowland gorillas is described. Training was based on shaping behavioral responses with positive reinforcement using verbal and food rewards. The first manually...

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brown, C. S., Loskutoff, N. M. 1998. A training program for noninvasive semen collection in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Zoo Biology 17, 143-151.

Tomorrow’s animal management today – semen collection in gorillas using behavioral training

Three male gorillas were trained to provide semen samples and allow a physical examination. Training was based on a standard training method - food rewards and verbal praise.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Animal Training, Biological Sampling & Physiological MeasurementAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brown, C. S. 1998. Tomorrow's animal management today - semen collection in gorillas using behavioral training. American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Regional Conference Proceedings, 416-418.