Other Nonhuman Primate

USDA perspectives on environmental enrichment for animals

This article provides a brief historical background of the events and circumstances that led to the 1985 Animal Welfare Act (AWA) amendments. It describes the development of the regulations promulgated by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1991 as...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Human-Animal Interaction, Regulations & Ethical Review, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Dog, Lemur, Macaque, Marine Mammal, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Kulpa-Eddy, J. A., Taylor, S., Adams, K. M. 2005. USDA perspectives on environmental enrichment for animals. ILAR Journal 46(2), 83-94.

Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates: Marmosets and Tamarins (Callitrichids)

Introduction to species-adequate enrichment for marmosets and tamarins.

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: French, J. A. , Fite, J. E. 2005. Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates: Marmosets and Tamarins (Callitrichids). Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Bethesda, MD.

Embraces and grooming in captive spider monkeys

Relatively little information is available regarding the role of social grooming and embraces in spider monkeys that live in fission-fusion societies in which individuals are usually split into subgroups. We investigated whether embraces and grooming have similar roles in captive...

Year Published: 2005Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schaffner, C. M., Aureli, F. 2005. Embraces and grooming in captive spider monkeys. International Journal of Primatology 26(5), 1093-1106.

Husbandry and management of New World primate species: marmosets and tamarins

A review.

Year Published: 2005Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rensing, S. , Oerke, A. K. 2005. Husbandry and management of New World primate species: marmosets and tamarins. In: The Laboratory Primate ? Handbook of Experimental Animals. Wolfe-Coote, S. (ed), 145-162. Elsevier, Oxford, UK.

Enrichment and nonhuman primates: “”First, do no harm””

Since the 1998 publication of The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates by the National Research Council, and the 1991 implementation of the 1985 Animal Welfare Act Amendment, many formal and informal nonhuman primate enrichment programs have been put into practice....

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Regulations & Ethical ReviewAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Nelson, R. J., Mandrell, T. D. 2005. Enrichment and nonhuman primates: "First, do no harm". ILAR Journal 46(2), 171-177.

Environmental enrichment for nonhuman primates: Theory and application

Only social contact satisfies the goal of promoting a wide variety of species-typical activities while at the same time reducing or preventing the development of abnormal behavior... A number of toys should be provided initially and rotated on a regular...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Chimpanzee, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Lutz, C. K., Novak, M. 2005. Environmental enrichment for nonhuman primates: Theory and application. ILAR Journal 46(2), 178-191.

Auditory enrichment for zoo-housed gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wells, D. L., Coleman, D., Hepper, P. G. 2005. Auditory enrichment for zoo-housed gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla). American Journal of Primatology 66(Supplement), 147 (Abstract).

Shaping sound environments II: naturalistic sounds as enrichment for cotton-top tamarins

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tromborg C 2005. Shaping sound environments II: naturalistic sounds as enrichment for cotton-top tamarins. The Shape of Enrichment 14(3-4), 10-11.

Stress and pairing status affect cortisol and vasopressin, but not oxytocin, in titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus)

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bales, K. L., Hostetler, C. M., Mendoza, S. P. 2006. Stress and pairing status affect cortisol and vasopressin, but not oxytocin, in titi monkeys (Callicebus cupreus). American Journal of Primatology 68(Supplement ), 39 (Abstract).

A real life King Kong story: training an assertive 1.0 western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g. gorilla) and making the most of Birmingham Zoo’s animal training course

Year Published: 2006Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Allen, M. 2006. A real life King Kong story: training an assertive 1.0 western lowland gorilla (Gorilla g. gorilla) and making the most of Birmingham Zoo's animal training course. Animal Keepers' Forum 33(10), 438-443.