Publications

Peripheral nerve abnormalities in aging rats

Rats kept on wire-mesh flooring for a long time develop striking morphological changes in the distal sciatic/tibial/plantar never complex.

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Grover-Johnson, N., Spencer, P. S. 1981. Peripheral nerve abnormalities in aging rats. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 40, 155-165.

Priorities in the cage size and flooring preferences of domestic hens

The experiments described demonstrate that hens prefer larger to smaller cages and litter floors to wire ones, but that they give highest priority to flooring. ...As far as the hens' immediate response to their environment is concerned, spacer per se...

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Dawkins, M. 1981. Priorities in the cage size and flooring preferences of domestic hens. British Poultry Science 22, 255-263.

Deep litter: Experiments with seven species of primates in Edinburgh Zoo

The presence of woodchip litter decreased inactivity and fighting in group-housed animals. With time, the litter became increasingly inhibitory to bacteria.

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S. 1981. Deep litter: Experiments with seven species of primates in Edinburgh Zoo. Annual Report of the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, 40-41 (Abstract).

Ketamine-HC1 as a suitable anesthetic for endocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular studies in Macaca fascicularis

Findings make it clear that ketamine itself is unlikely to affect stress-sensitive research data.

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Castro, M. I., Rose, J., Green, N. et al. 1981. Ketamine-HC1 as a suitable anesthetic for endocrine, metabolic, and cardiovascular studies in Macaca fascicularis. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 168, 389-394.

Animal well-being and housing systems for piglets

Weaned piglets housed with straw performed less tail-biting, rooting, massaging, and nibbling of pen-mates than pigs reared without straw.

Year Published: 1981Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Buré, R. G. 1981. Animal well-being and housing systems for piglets. In: The Welfare of Pigs. Sybesma, W. (ed), 198-207. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands.

Nest-box choice in the laboratory mice: Preference for nest-boxes differing in design (size and/or shape) and composition

Mice had a strong preference for nest boxes which allowed visual cues to pass and which had a rectangular shape. Highest in order of preference were small narrow-sided nest-boxes, followed by small square ones, then the small circular one, and...

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Buhot-Averseng, M. C. 1981. Nest-box choice in the laboratory mice: Preference for nest-boxes differing in design (size and/or shape) and composition. Behavioural Processes 6, 337-384.

Self-aggressive behaviour in monkeys

Self-aggression is most often reported in some Old World monkeys that have been reared under conditions of social deprivation, and rarely occurs in the wild. It may also appear in normal animals under very stressful conditions. Self-aggression is more prominent...

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anderson, J. R., Chamove, A. S. 1981. Self-aggressive behaviour in monkeys. Current Psychological Reviews 1, 139-158.

Serum prolactin concentrations in mangabey (Cercocebus atys lunulatus) and patas (Erythrocebus patas) monkeys in response to stress, ketamine, TRH, sulpiride and levodopa

Injection of ketamine resulted in a significant increase in serum prolactin. The stress related to the i.m. injection itself could have been the cause of this increase.

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Aidara, D., Tahiri-Zagret, C., Robyn, C. 1981. Serum prolactin concentrations in mangabey (Cercocebus atys lunulatus) and patas (Erythrocebus patas) monkeys in response to stress, ketamine, TRH, sulpiride and levodopa. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 62, 165-172 .

Feeding and ranging of East Bornean Macaca fascicularis

Photographic documentation of a typical sleeping tree. The study troop spent more than 97 percent of their time in the trees.

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wheatley, B. P. 1980. Feeding and ranging of East Bornean Macaca fascicularis. In: The Macaques: Studies in Ecology, Behavior and Evolution. Lindburg, D. G. (ed), 215-246. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, NY.

Pituitary response to LRH and TRH stimulation and peripheral steroid hormones in conscious and anaesthetized adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Adult male rhesus monkeys are aggressive animals and very difficult to handle. Hence experimental manipulations necessarily involve the use of restraint procedures, either chemical or physical, which may influence endocrine functions. ... The male rhesus monkey, however, is a very...

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wickings, E. J., Nieschlag, E. 1980. Pituitary response to LRH and TRH stimulation and peripheral steroid hormones in conscious and anaesthetized adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Acta Endocrinologica 93, 287-293.