Social Housing & Companionship

Introduction of a new female capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) into a captive group

Introduction process is described

Year Published: 1994Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Ludes, E. 1994. Introduction of a new female capuchin monkey (Cebus apella) into a captive group. Folia Primatologica 62(4), 203. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

Old-World Monkeys

Review of selected enrichment studies, particularly feeding enrichment studies. Single or individual caging systems are the basic or staple housing used for primates (p. 459). .. Nonhuman primates have been singly caged for biomedical research use in significant numbers for...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rosenberg, D. P. , Kesel, M. L. 1995. Old-World Monkeys. In: The Experimental Animal in Biomedical Research (Vol. II) - Care, Husbandry, and Well-Being. Rollin, B. E. , Kesel, M. L. (eds), 457-483. CPR Press, Boca Raton, FL.

Social enrichment for previously single-caged stump-tail macaques

Isosexual pair-housing of ten female and six male previously single-caged adult stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides) was attempted. Partners were introduced to each other following the establishment of rank relationships during a three-day non-contact familiarization period. Pair formations did not entail...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1994. Social enrichment for previously single-caged stump-tail macaques. Animal Technology 5, 37-41.

Safe pair formation technique for previously single-caged rhesus macaques

A safe pair formation technique is described. All 20 [adult male] pairs were compatible during pair formation and throughout the 2-month follow-up period.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1994. Safe pair formation technique for previously single-caged rhesus macaques. In Touch 1(3), 5-6.

Pair-housing rather than single-housing for laboratory rhesus macaques

Two different pair formation options for adult female and male rhesus macaques are described and tested: Pairing adults with adults of the same sex after establishment of dominance-subordination relationships during a noncontact familiarization period, and pairing adults with naturally weaned,...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1994. Pair-housing rather than single-housing for laboratory rhesus macaques. Journal of Medical Primatology 23(8), 426-431.

Effective environmental enrichment for caged rhesus macaques

The animals spent approximately 20% of the [day] time interacting with the companion, 10% perching on the PVC pipe, 4% gnawing/manipulating the branch segment and 7% foraging for primary food.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1994. Effective environmental enrichment for caged rhesus macaques. In Touch 1(2), 1 & 3-5.

Effects of enrichment on veterinary treatment of laboratory rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

For captive primates, environmental enrichment may improve psychological well-being, as indicated by changes in the frequency of species-typical and abnormal behaviours. The effects of enrichment on physical well-being have also been examined, but little attention has been devoted to the...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J., Bushong, D. 1994. Effects of enrichment on veterinary treatment of laboratory rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Animal Welfare 3(1), 25-36.

Chimpanzees in AIDS research: A biomedical and bioethical perspective

The present article represents a consensus view of the appropriate utilization of chimpanzees in AIDS research arrived at as a result of a meeting of a group of scientists involved in AIDS research with chimpanzees and bioethicists. The paper considers...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Disease/Experimental Model, Relocation & Transport, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: van Akker, R., Balls, M., Eichberg, J. W. et al. 1994. Chimpanzees in AIDS research: A biomedical and bioethical perspective. Journal of Medical Primatology 23, 49-51.

Effects of gnawing material, group size and cage level in rack on Wistar rats

Han:Wist rats were housed after weaning in groups of one, two, three or four in stainless steel cages with aspen chip bedding, with or without wooden gnawing blocks. The use of the blocks was assessed by Video recording and by...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Kaliste-Korhonen, E., Eskola, S., Rekilä, T. et al. 1995. Effects of gnawing material, group size and cage level in rack on Wistar rats. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 22(4), 291-299.

Environmental enrichment for birds

The greatest risk of physical injury will occur if birds become frightened and attempt to escape from their cages, either during catching procedures or simply when disturbed by human presence. It is therefore important to allow sufficient space for running...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Bird

Citation: Nicol, C. J. 1995. Environmental enrichment for birds. Animal Welfare Information Center [AWIC] Resource Series 2, 1-3.