External Bodily Equipment

Social housing of nonhuman primates with cranial implants: A discussion

Most respondents agreed that few, if any, problems arise between an established pair ofmonkeys once one or both receive a headcap implantindicating the viability of social housing.

Year Published: 2009Topics: External Bodily Equipment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Truelove, M. 2009. Social housing of nonhuman primates with cranial implants: A discussion. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 48(2), 1-2.

Effects of group housing on ECG assessment in conscious cynomolgus monkeys

Assessing the cardiovascular safety of new chemical or biological entities is important during pre-clinical development. Electrocardiogram (ECG) assessments in non-human primate (NHP) toxicology studies are often made using non-invasive telemetry systems. We investigated whether ECG recording was feasible during group...

Year Published: 2015Topics: Biological Sampling & Physiological Measurement, External Bodily Equipment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Xing, G., Lu, J., Hu, M. et al. 2015. Effects of group housing on ECG assessment in conscious cynomolgus monkeys. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 75, 44-51.

Versatile 3-D printed headstage implant for group housing of rodents

An unfavourable yet necessary side-effect of stereotaxic surgery involves the social isolation of post-surgery rats, in order to protect their wound site or skull-mounted implant from damage. Social isolation can cause a myriad of behavioural and physiological changes that are...

Year Published: 2016Topics: External Bodily Equipment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Pinnell, R. C., Almajidy, R. K., Hofmann, U. G. 2016. Versatile 3-D printed headstage implant for group housing of rodents. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 257, 134-138.