Publications

Reduction of mortality due to fighting in a colony of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Mortality resulting from fighting [17 deaths per 100 females per year] in a breeding colony of rhesus monkeys living in groups was an important management problem. It was found that the cause of the fighting was the social disruption resulting...

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kaplan, J. R., Manning, P., Zucker, E. 1980. Reduction of mortality due to fighting in a colony of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Laboratory Animal Science 30, 565-570.

Older monkeys’ (Macaca radiata) response to new group formation: Behavior, reproduction and mortality

Groups were formed without any preliminaries. Trauma did not play a role in the death [23%] of older [12-19 yrs of age] animals. A group of younger bonnets (5 males and 33 females under 10 yrs of age) suffered 11%...

Year Published: 1980Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jensen, G. D., Blanton, F. L., Gribble, D. H. 1980. Older monkeys' (Macaca radiata) response to new group formation: Behavior, reproduction and mortality. Experimental Gerontology 15, 399-406.

Recent innovations of old concepts: a versatile restraint chair developed for a pole capture technique for nonhuman primates

Restraint chair is described.

Year Published: 1982Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anderson, J. H., Henrickson, R. V., Houghton, P. et al. 1982. Recent innovations of old concepts: a versatile restraint chair developed for a pole capture technique for nonhuman primates. Laboratory Animal Science, 32 (Abstract).

Social housing and odor preferences in the mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus

Year Published: 1982Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Gerbil, Rodent

Citation: Halpin ZT, Noonan KC. 1982. Social housing and odor preferences in the mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus. Biology of Behav. 7;293-302.

Behavioral and adrenocorticoid responsiveness of squirrel monkeys to a live snake: is flight necessarily stressful?

Social companions eliminate the adrenocortical response to the presentation of a snake.

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Citation: Vogt, J. L., Coe, C. L., Levine, S. 1981. Behavioral and adrenocorticoid responsiveness of squirrel monkeys to a live snake: is flight necessarily stressful? Behavioral and Neural Biology 32, 391-405.

Device of capture and restraint of nonhuman primates

Once the animals were trained, the entire group or a desired subgroup of animals entered the unit voluntarily when the entrance tunnel was opened each day. [Training protocol is not described.]

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Smith, E. O. 1981. Device of capture and restraint of nonhuman primates. Laboratory Animal Science 31, 305-306.

A simple restraining device for small primates

Description and demonstration of conventional restraining board for small primates.

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schultea, T. D., Stein, F. J. 1981. A simple restraining device for small primates. Lab Animal 10(5), 67-69.

Normal range of longitudinal blood chemistry and hematology values in juvenile and adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

All animals [juvenile and adult] were trained to present an arm through a small cage opening. In this manner blood samples were drawn from untranquilized fully alert animals. [No further details]

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rosenblum, I. Y., Coulston, F. 1981. Normal range of longitudinal blood chemistry and hematology values in juvenile and adult rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 5, 401-411.

Serum levels of testosterone, cortisol, prolactin and bioactive luteinizing hormone in adult male rhesus monkeys following cage-restraint or anaesthetizing with ketamine hydrochloride

Single-housed, adult male rhesus macaques were restrained in their home cages for blood collection at 20 minute intervals. While testosterone levels significantly declined, serum cortisol concentrations significantly increased over a one-hour sampling period.

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Puri, C. P., Puri, V., Anand-Kumar, T. C. 1981. Serum levels of testosterone, cortisol, prolactin and bioactive luteinizing hormone in adult male rhesus monkeys following cage-restraint or anaesthetizing with ketamine hydrochloride. Acta Endocrinologica 97, 118-124.

Urine collection from vervet monkeys by instrumental conditioning

Training technique is described. Six of eight group-housed males reliably produced clean urine samples after a two-month period of training.

Year Published: 1981Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Kelley, T. M., Bramblett, C. A. 1981. Urine collection from vervet monkeys by instrumental conditioning. American Journal of Primatology 1, 95-97.