Social Housing & Companionship

Resocialization of chimpanzees: Ten years of experience at the Primate Foundation of Arizona

Careful and successful pair- and group-formation procedurs are described.

Year Published: 1979Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Fritz, P., Fritz, J. 1979. Resocialization of chimpanzees: Ten years of experience at the Primate Foundation of Arizona. Journal of Medical Primatology 8, 202-221.

Behavioral responses of short-term isolation in sheep and goats

Behavioral stress responses to social deprivation are described.

Year Published: 1980Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Goat, Sheep

Citation: Price, E. O., Thos, J. 1980. Behavioral responses of short-term isolation in sheep and goats. Applied Animal Ethology (Applied Animal Behaviour Science) 6(4), 331-339.

Energetics of mice in stable and unstable social conditions: evidence of an air-borne factor affecting metabolism

Male mice kept individually have a 15% higher metabolic rate than mice kept in stable same gender pairs.

Year Published: 1980Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Herreid, C. F., Schlenker, E. H. 1980. Energetics of mice in stable and unstable social conditions: evidence of an air-borne factor affecting metabolism. Animal Behaviour 28, 20-28.

Paradoxical sleep and memory (I): Selective alterations following enriched and impoverished environmental rearing

Mice were reared in either enriched (EE), social control, (SE), or impoverished (IE) environments for 30 days. Environmental enrichment results in a significant and selective increase in paradoxical sleep (PS, or REM sleep) and also enhances recall of a multiple-trial,...

Year Published: 1980Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Gutwein, B. M., Fishbein, W. 1980. Paradoxical sleep and memory (I): Selective alterations following enriched and impoverished environmental rearing. Brain Research Bulletin 5(1), 9-12.

Opioid blockade and social comfort in chicks

When young animals are separated from their normal social environment in groups they distress vocalize (DV) less than when isolated alone. Opioid blockade with naloxone (1 mg/kg peripherally, and 1 microgram centrally) increased crying more in group tested chicks than...

Year Published: 1980Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Panksepp J., Bean, N. J., Bishop, P. et al. 1980. Opioid blockade and social comfort in chicks. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior 13(5), 673-83.

Endogenous opioids and social behavior

Evidence for the hypothesis that brain-opioids mediate social affect and social attachments is summarized. Opiates and opioids are very effective in reducing social separation-induced distress vocalizations (DVs), in puppies, young guinea pigs and chicks, while opiate antagonists can increase DVs....

Year Published: 1980Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken, Dog, Guinea Pig, Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Panksepp, J., Herman, B. H., Vilberg, T. et al. 1980. Endogenous opioids and social behavior. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 4(4), 473-487.

Social housing and odor preferences in the mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus

Year Published: 1982Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Gerbil, Rodent

Citation: Halpin ZT, Noonan KC. 1982. Social housing and odor preferences in the mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus. Biology of Behav. 7;293-302.

Cohesive relationships in a cattle herd (Bos indicus)

Cohesive relationships were studied in a semi-wild cattle herd and traced over periods of three to five years. It became evident that mother cows prefer their female and male progeny over non-related calves as grooming and grazing partners. These associations...

Year Published: 1981Topics: Natural Behavior, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Cattle

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Reinhardt, A. 1981. Cohesive relationships in a cattle herd (Bos indicus). Behaviour 77, 121-151.

Social housing of rats: Life-span effects on reaction time, exploration, weight, and longevity

Sprague-Dawley rats were housed throughout their lives either in group cages or singly in standard laboratory cages. Locomotor activity was observed at selected ages and, in addition, operant conditioning procedures were used with an extensively trained subset of the animals...

Year Published: 1984Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Menich SR, Baron A. 1984. Social housing of rats: Life-span effects on reaction time, exploration, weight, and longevity. Exp Aging Res. 10;95-100.

Social influences on conditioned cortisol secretion in the squirrel monkey

Female squirrel monkeys exposed to footshock with conspecifics had lower cortisol levels than those tested alone.

Year Published: 1985Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey

Citation: Stanton, M. E., Patterson, J. M., Levine, S. 1985. Social influences on conditioned cortisol secretion in the squirrel monkey. Psychoneuroendocrinology 10, 125-134.