Other Nonhuman Primate

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.

Cognitive enrichment: Problem solving abilities of captive white-bellied spider monkeys

The influence of a puzzle box feeder, as a cognitive enrichment device, on the activity and behaviour patterns of a population of four white-bellied spider monkeys (Ateles belzebuth belzebuth) was studied at Bristol Zoo. ... It is suggested that the...

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

Citation: Citrynell, P. 1998. Cognitive enrichment: Problem solving abilities of captive white-bellied spider monkeys. Primate Eye 66, 16-17.

A Training Program for Semen Collection in Gorillas (Videotape With Commentary)

Training technique to ensure cooperation of single-housed adult male gorillas during physical examination, injection, semen collection are described and very clearly demonstrated.

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

Citation: Brown, C. S. 1998. A Training Program for Semen Collection in Gorillas (Videotape With Commentary). Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NB.

The menstrual cycle of the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

The [10] spider monkeys live in a large outdoor cage. Four of the five females were trained to enter a small cage attached to the door of their enclosure and to allow a cotton swab to be introduced in the...

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

Citation: Hernandes-Lopez, L., Mayagoitia, L., Esquivel-Lacroix, C. et al. 1998. The menstrual cycle of the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi). American Journal of Primatology 44, 183-195.

Environmental enrichment thwarted: Food accessibility and activity levels in captive Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Clearly, not all enrichment efforts [food diced into small pieces, food elevated off the substrate], however well-intentioned, succeed as expected.

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

Citation: Hemphill, J., McGrew, W. C. 1998. Environmental enrichment thwarted: Food accessibility and activity levels in captive Western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). Der Zoologische Garten 68, 381-394.

Influence of habitat structure on jumping behaviour in Galago moholi

There was a statistically significant preference for wooden perches versus PVC perches and for high perches versus low perches. These results suggest that support material [perches], as well as height, influences the behaviour of G. maholi and these should be...

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

Citation: Gunther, M. M. 1998. Influence of habitat structure on jumping behaviour in Galago moholi. Folia Primatologica 69(Supplement 1), 410. (Primate Meeting Abstract)