Primate sensory capabilities and communication signals: implications for care and use in the laboratory (2006)

Prescott, M. J.

Abstract

This article summaries the sensory capabilities of the non-human primates commonly used in the laboratory, highlights important modes of communication, and identifies several implications of these for designing and refining experiments, housing and husbandry systems and enrichment strategies.Where primates are housed in cages, two-tiers should not be used, so that all animals receive the same opportunities for visual stimulation and staff interaction, quantity and quality of light, and ability to retreat to a high perch above care stall (p.2)