Publications

Public concerns for animal in research

One of the major concerns of the public today is the veil of secrecy that surround much of the research and testing with laboratory animals, a situation which creates public suspicion [p. 120]. Finally, the overriding and deepest concern of...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Clark, J. 1987. Public concerns for animal in research. Laboratory Animal Science 37(Special issue), 120-121.

Environmental enrichment with sticks for singly-caged adult rhesus monkeys

The addition of branch segments for gnawing was found to be an effective and inexpensive method of environmental enrichment for single-housed adult rhesus macaques.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Champoux, M., Hempel, M., Reinhardt, V. 1987. Environmental enrichment with sticks for singly-caged adult rhesus monkeys. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 26(4), 5-7.

Environmental enrichment facilitates foraging behavior

Gerbils who had one hour per month access to a complex outdoor enclosure or who were reared in a large cage were more efficient in locating a feeding source than controls [reared/kept in small cages].

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Gerbil, Rodent

Citation: Cheal, M. L. 1987. Environmental enrichment facilitates foraging behavior. Physiology and Behavior 39, 281-283.

Single caging of social primates: Problems (and some solutions)

The single most important factor for the individually caged primate may be the prevention of boredom.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brinkman, C. 1987. Single caging of social primates: Problems (and some solutions). Australian Primatology 2(1), 17.

Extractive tool use in captive lowland gorillas

Captive lowland gorillas were provided with log segments which had been bored to accomodate a variety of food for extraction, including peanut butter, seeds and figs.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Boysen, S. T., Frisch, D. 1987. Extractive tool use in captive lowland gorillas. American Journal of Primatology 12, 332 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment for laboratory primates

A review of early environmental enrichment studies. Unless they have grown up in the same social group, primates are not likely to tolerate each other when placed together as adults.

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Line, S. W. 1987. Environmental enrichment for laboratory primates. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 190, 854-859.

Plasma cortisol of female rhesus monkeys in response to acute restraint

Confinement in a transfer box was a significant event, as measured by cortisol response, even though this condition was presumably intrinsically less stressful than manual restraint [with the help of the squeeze-back in the home cage]. .... Novelty alone can...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Line, S. W., Clarke, A. S., Markowitz, H. 1987. Plasma cortisol of female rhesus monkeys in response to acute restraint. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 26(4), 1-3.

Influence of an environmental enrichment device on general behavior and appetite in rhesus macaques

The enrichment device requires little maintenance, and most monkeys learn to use it with no training. No data are included in this abstract.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Line, S. W., Houghton, P. 1987. Influence of an environmental enrichment device on general behavior and appetite in rhesus macaques. Laboratory Animal Science 37, 508 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment for adult, female baboons (Papio anubis)

Each baboon was placed in a cage with another baboon for 3-4 hours, two or three times per week. The same pairs consistently visited each other in either animal's cage. Although some baboons had previously been single-caged without socialization for...

Year Published: 1987Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jerome, C. P., Szostak, L. 1987. Environmental enrichment for adult, female baboons (Papio anubis). Laboratory Animal Science 37, 508-509 (Abstract).

Influence of acute stress and the adrenal axis on regulation of LH and testosterone in the male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta)

Acute restraint stress appears to cause the transient stimulation of LH release. ... While the stress-stimulated release of corticosteroids failed to affect the LH response to GnRH administration, it did act directly on the testes to prevent the normal release...

Year Published: 1987Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hayashi, K. T., Moberg, G. P. 1987. Influence of acute stress and the adrenal axis on regulation of LH and testosterone in the male rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 12, 263-273.