Social Housing & Companionship

Response to social separation in adult macaques

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

Citation: Rasmussen, K. L. R. 1985 . Response to social separation in adult macaques. American Journal of Primatology 8 , 358-359 (Absract).

Environmental enrichment for adult, female baboons (Papio anubis)

Each baboon was placed in a cage with another baboon for 3-4 hours, two or three times per week. The same pairs consistently visited each other in either animal's cage. Although some baboons had previously been single-caged without socialization for...

Year Published: 1987Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jerome, C. P., Szostak, L. 1987. Environmental enrichment for adult, female baboons (Papio anubis). Laboratory Animal Science 37, 508-509 (Abstract).

Effect of housing stress on the formation and development of tumors in rats

Tumor induction by 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene (DMBA) or inoculation with adenocarcinoma cells was studied in rats raised in groups (group G) or individually (group I) as well as in rats raised in groups and switched to individual housing at the beginning of...

Year Published: 1987Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Steplewski, Z., Goldman, P. R., Vogel, W. H. 1987. Effect of housing stress on the formation and development of tumors in rats. Cancer Letters 34, 257-261.

Enriching the lives of primates in captivity

A summary of basic environmental enrichement for group-housed rhesus macaques. The essence of the social primate is lost under the stresses of the nonsocial condition.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Human-Animal Interaction, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill, P. L. 1987. Enriching the lives of primates in captivity. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 1, 1-5.

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

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...

Year Published: 1987Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Houser, W. D., Eisele, S. et al. 1987. Social enrichment of the environment with infants for singly caged adult rhesus monkeys. Zoo Biology 6, 365-371.

Place preferences of Japanese quail given a permanent choice between a social or a non-social but enriched situation

Year Published: 1988Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Bird, Fowl

Citation: Francois, B., Mills, A. D., Faure, J. M. 1988. Place preferences of Japanese quail given a permanent choice between a social or a non-social but enriched situation. Behavioural Processes 43, 163-170.

The development of pathological behaviors in chimpanzees in a physically and socially restricted environment and responsiveness to enrichment

Year Published: 1988Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brent, L., Lee, D. R., Eichberg, J. W. 1988. The development of pathological behaviors in chimpanzees in a physically and socially restricted environment and responsiveness to enrichment. American Journal of Primatology 14, 413 (Abstract).

Introduction of two young orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus, into an established family group

Successful re-introduction of two hand-reared young orangutans into a family group is described.

Year Published: 1988Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hamburger, L. 1988. Introduction of two young orangutans, Pongo pygmaeus, into an established family group. International Zoo Yearbook 27, 273-278.

On the physiology of grooming in a pigtail macaque

When the subject received grooming from others, heart rate was significantly lower than during self grooming or initiating grooming to others, as well as during other behaviors.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Boccia, M. L., Reite, M., Laudenslager, M. L. 1989. On the physiology of grooming in a pigtail macaque . Physiology and Behavior 45, 667-670.

The effects of cage size and pair housing on exercise in beagle dogs

Dogs in the single cage size spent slightly less time moving, but they moved at a greater speed than when housed in double sized cages [probably because of the extreme confinement condition leading to frustration and possibly abnormal behavior patterns,...

Year Published: 1989Topics: Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: Hughes, H. C., Campbell, S., Kenney, C. 1989. The effects of cage size and pair housing on exercise in beagle dogs. Laboratory Animal Science 39, 302-305.