Publications

The new hot lab for primate pathogens

Photographic demonstration of inadequate lighting conditions in double-tier isolation cages.

Year Published: 1974Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Augustine, J. 1974. The new hot lab for primate pathogens. Lab Animal 3(1), 40-43 & 49.

Laboratory Primate Handbook

Primates can injure personnel severely if adequate restraint is not used. The risk of herpesvirus B infection and other zoonoses transmitted by bite or scratch is minimized by appropriate restraint which may be physical or chemical or a combination of...

Year Published: 1973Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Whitney, R. A., Johnson, D. J., Cole, W. C. 1973. Laboratory Primate Handbook. Academic Press, New York, NY.

Night observations of free-ranging rhesus monkeys

Rhesus macaques sleep in trees sitting on branches, mostly in clusters of 2-3 monkeys huddled together.

Year Published: 1973Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Vessey, S. H. 1973. Night observations of free-ranging rhesus monkeys. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 38, 613-620.

The social behaviour of adult male-infant pairs of rhesus macaques in a laboratory environment

He groomed the infant very carefully for a little over five minutes. The infant clung to Mellow's ventrum, climbed on his back, shoulders, and head, and leaned over backwards while holding onto his ears. Immediately after the separation, in a...

Year Published: 1973Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Redican, W. K., Mitchell, G. 1973. The social behaviour of adult male-infant pairs of rhesus macaques in a laboratory environment. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 38, 523-526.

A restraining device for use when recording electrocardiograms in monkeys

Forceful restraint method for electrocardiogram recording is described and demonstrated. Though ECGs have been recorded with minimal stress to the animals heart rate tended to rise because of the stress of the animal being removed from its cage and strapped...

Year Published: 1973Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Osborne, B. E. 1973. A restraining device for use when recording electrocardiograms in monkeys. Laboratory Animals 7, 289-292.

Aggression among captive female pigtail monkeys in all-female and harem groups

There was substantially more aggression among females in all-female groups than in groups containing one male.

Year Published: 1975Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Sackett, D., Oswald, M., Erwin, J. 1975. Aggression among captive female pigtail monkeys in all-female and harem groups. Journal of Biological Psychology 17, 17-20.

Consequences of social conflict on plasma testosterone levels in rhesus monkeys

Group-housed animals were habituated to cooperate during capture and subsequent blood collection in a transport box.

Year Published: 1975Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rose, R. M., Bernstein, I. S., Gordon, T. P. 1975. Consequences of social conflict on plasma testosterone levels in rhesus monkeys. Psychosomatic Medicine 37, 50-61.

Establishment of an island breeding colony of Japanese monkeys as a laboratory animal

Year Published: 1975Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kotera, S., Tanaka, T., Tajima, Y. et al. 1975. Establishment of an island breeding colony of Japanese monkeys as a laboratory animal. Laboratory Animal Handbooks 6, 95-105.

Animal Liberation – A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals

The researcher's central dilemma exists in an especially acute form in psychology: either the animal is not like us, in which case there is no reason for performing the experiment; or else the animal is like us, in which case...

Year Published: 1975Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Singer, P. 1975. Animal Liberation - A New Ethics for Our Treatment of Animals. Avon Books, New York, NY.

Self-sustaining activities and reinforcement in the nest building behaviour of mice

Mice will readily work in order to get nesting material. It is concluded that gathering is at least to some extent authonomously controlled, and that it is a weak positive reinforcer.

Year Published: 1975Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Roper, T. J. 1975. Self-sustaining activities and reinforcement in the nest building behaviour of mice. Behaviour 59, 40-57.