Publications

Training a diabetic drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) to accept insulin injections and venipuncture

Training technique is described. Loon has never failed to voluntarily accept his insulin injection or to allow the veterinarians access to blood vessels in exchange for a good back scratch and a food reward.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Priest, G. M. 1991. Training a diabetic drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) to accept insulin injections and venipuncture. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 30(1), 1-4.

Criteria for the provision of captive environments

The greater the departure from the wild environment the greater the need to install forms of environmental enrichment.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Poole, T. B. 1991. Criteria for the provision of captive environments. In: Primate Responses to Environmental Change . Box, H. O. (ed), 357-374. Chapman and Hall, New York, NY.

The behavioural needs of captive primates: Can they be identified? In: Primatology Today

Discussion of behavioral needs in relation to the captive environment of nonhuman primates.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Poole, T. B. 1991. The behavioural needs of captive primates: Can they be identified? In: Primatology Today. Ehara, A., Kimura, T., Takanaka, O., Iwamoto, M. (eds), 659-662. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Self-awareness in the gorilla Koko

Responses of an adult female gorilla (Koko) to her own mirror reflections are described, documented and analyzed. During every session, Koko frequently exhibited self-directed behaviors such as grooming her underarms and picking at her teeth with the aid of the...

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Patterson, F. 1991. Self-awareness in the gorilla Koko. Gorilla 14(2), 2-5.

Normalizing laboratory-reared rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) behavior with exposure to complex outdoor enclosures

Young group-housed animals housed in the outdoor corncrib also showed a decline in self-oral behaviour which persisted even upon return to the laboratory environment.Abstract of this work has been published in:American Journal of Primatology 18: 158, 1989; Novak MA, O'Neill...

Year Published: 1991Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill, P. L., Novak, M. A., Suomi, S. J. 1991. Normalizing laboratory-reared rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) behavior with exposure to complex outdoor enclosures. Zoo Biology 10, 237-245.

Environmental enrichment objects and singly housed rhesus monkeys: Individual preferences and the restoration of novelty

We found that the extent of physical contact with the [Kong toy, Nylabone ring and Nylabone ball] toys habituated during a short time. ... The introduction of a different toy every Monday was accompanied by a restoration of the apparent...

Year Published: 1991Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Weick, B. G., Perkins, S. E., Burnett, D. E. et al. 1991. Environmental enrichment objects and singly housed rhesus monkeys: Individual preferences and the restoration of novelty. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 30(5), 18 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment for Macaca fascicularis: Effects of shape and substance of manipulable objects

The ring was the most effective shape and the translucent flexible plastic was the most effective substance. Some abnormal self-directed behavioral patterns decreased significantly in the presence of manipulable objects. [Age of animals is not indicated.]

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Weld, K. P., Metz, B., Erwin, J. 1991. Environmental enrichment for Macaca fascicularis: Effects of shape and substance of manipulable objects. American Journal of Primatology 24, 139 (Abstract).

A built-in perch for primate squeeze cages

Perch installation design for single squeeze-back cages is described. Independent of gender the monkeys were seen using their perches more than 84% of the time.

Year Published: 1991Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watson, D. S. B. 1991. A built-in perch for primate squeeze cages. Laboratory Animal Science 41, 378-379.

Impaired performance from brief social isolation of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta): A multiple video-task assessment

Both the number and the quality (i.e., speed and accuracy) of responses were significantly compromised in the social isolation condition relative to levels in which the animals were tested together.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Washburn, D. A., Rumbaugh, D. M. 1991. Impaired performance from brief social isolation of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta): A multiple video-task assessment. Journal of Comparative Psychology 105, 145-151.

Stress: neuroendocrine and pharmacological mechanism

There is little doubt that measuring plasma prolactin concentrations is a good indicator of the 'anxiety' level of experimental animals and humans.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: All/General

Citation: Van de Kar, L. D., Richardson-Morton, K. D., Rittenhouse, P. A. 1991. Stress: neuroendocrine and pharmacological mechanism. In: Stress Revisited: Neuroendocrinology of Stress, Vol. 14. Jasmin, G. , Cantin, M. (eds), 133-173. Karger, Basel, Switzerland.