Other Nonhuman Primate

Computer-assisted enrichment for zoo-housed orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

The study of environmental enrichment has identified a variety of effective forms of enrichment, but there are widespread problems associated with their use. Few forms of enrichment are cognitively challenging, and even the most effective often result in rapid habituation....

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tarou, L. R., Kuhar, C. W., Adcock, D. et al. 2004. Computer-assisted enrichment for zoo-housed orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Animal Welfare 13, 445-453.

Quantitative data on training new world primates to urinate

This study assessed the effectiveness of operant conditioning in training three species of captive callitrichid primates (Leontopithecus rosalia, Callithrix geoffroyi, and Saguinus imperator) to urinate on demand...Training sessions (30 min each) were conducted at dawn thrice weekly during five consecutive...

Year Published: 2004Animal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Smith TE, M. J. G. S. W. M. 2004. Quantitative data on training new world primates to urinate. American Journal of Primatology 64(1), 83-93.

Orang-utans’ manufacturing and use of tools with long-term enrichment and short-term enrichment at the Los Angeles Zoo

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

Citation: Ablard, K. 2005. Orang-utans' manufacturing and use of tools with long-term enrichment and short-term enrichment at the Los Angeles Zoo . Primate Eye 86, 25 (Abstract).

Forage box as enrichment in single- and group-housed callitrichid monkeys

When presented with food, common marmosets will more often take it directly into their mouths than use their hands. This might explain why in the conditions where a lid was used, there were fewer forage-related hand movements than might have...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S., Scott, L. 2005. Forage box as enrichment in single- and group-housed callitrichid monkeys. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 44(2), 13-17.

Salivary cortisol and behaviour in an all-male group of western lowland gorillas Gorilla g. gorilla)

No links between behaviour and salivary cortisol concentrations were found.

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

Citation: Kuhar, C. W., Bettinger, T. L., Laudenslager, M. L. 2005. Salivary cortisol and behaviour in an all-male group of western lowland gorillas Gorilla g. gorilla). Animal Welfare 14, 187-193.

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.