Development and assessment of a stair ascension challenge as a measure of aging and physical function in nonhuman primates

Authors: S. R. Scarberry, H. Prutchi, B. M. Frye, J. Herr, C. Scott, C. M. Long, M. J. Jorgensen, C. A. Shively, K. Kavanagh

Publication/Journal: Am J Primatol

Keywords: *Frailty, African green monkey, aging, animals, mobility, nonhuman primates, primates

2024

Review of Environmental and Health Factors Impacting Captive Common Marmoset Welfare in the Biomedical Research Setting

Authors: Monika Burns

Publication/Journal: Veterinary Sciences

Keywords: animal model, husbandry, marmoset, NHP, nonhuman primate, veterinary, welfare

2023

A cage-based training, cognitive testing and enrichment system optimized for rhesus macaques in neuroscience research

Authors: A. Calapai, M. Berger, M. Niessing, K. Heisig, R. Brockhausen, S. Treue, A. Gail

Publication/Journal: Behavior Research Methods

Keywords: acquisition, animal, animal welfare, automated testing, baboons papio-papio, behavioral management, cognitive neuroscience, computerized test systems, cortex, environmental enrichment, experimental, housing, macaca-mulatta, mathematical, monkey, mt neurons, non-human primates, parietal, performance, psychology, receptive-field, representation

2017

Association of Primate Veterinarians 2014 Nonhuman Primate Housing Survey

Authors: B. T. Bennett

Publication/Journal: Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Keywords: veterinary sciences, zoology

2016

Can training zoo-housed primates compromise their conservation? A case study using Abyssinian colobus monkeys {Colobus guereza)

Authors: Vicky A. Melfi, Sion Thomas

Publication/Journal: Anthrozoos

Keywords: animal welfare, behavior, behaviour, colobus, conservation, human-animal interactions, training

2005