Social enrichment of the environment with infants for singly caged adult rhesus monkeys (1987)

Reinhardt, V., Houser, W. D., Eisele, S. et al.

Abstract

Twenty-nine weaned rhesus monkey infants were removed from breeding troops to avoid overcrowding and were placed with unfamiliar singly caged adults without prior familiarization. Adult-infant pairs were compatible in 90% of cases. Compatibility depended neither on the sex, age, or origin of the adult nor on the sex of the infant. Three adults exhibiting stereotypical behavior abandoned their peculiar habits after they had lived with their young companions for four months.