BEHAVIORAL AND VETERINARY APPROACHES TO PRIMATE BREEDING

灵长类动物育种的行为和兽医方法

• 批准号: 2285116
• 负责人: FRANS B DE WAAL
• 金额: $ 17.08万
• 依托单位: EMORY UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-01 至 1999-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2285116
• 关键词: Macaca mulatta; Macaca nemestrina; Pan; Primates; aggression; animal breeding; animal colony; environmental adaptation; ethology; model design /development; psychological models; stress; veterinary science

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the applicant's abstract): The purpose of this interdisciplinary project is to accumulate information on the relation between physical and psychological health of captive primates and their social housing conditions. This information is needed to successfully manage existing colonies of AIDS animal models, such as the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), and pigtail macaque (M. nemestrina). Data collected on nonhuman primates under a variety of conditions will be supplemented with a unique data base accumulated during previous research. Standardized behavioral protocols and a computerized data base will enhance the ability of national breeding programs to justify existing housing conditions and/or provide an empirical basis for the design of future facilities. One of the envisaged end-products is a guide with behavioral data collection techniques, basal levels of easy-to-observe behavior patterns, as well as general health information. At the same time, the proposed research is part of an ongoing effort to develop a new theoretical model of environmental effects on aggressive behavior. The existing model, which attributes aggression levels to crowding, has serious flaws. Nonhuman primates have many checks and balances on aggression and violence, and appear to effectively cope and neutralize social tensions related to high population densities through appeasement and peacemaking. Research on chimpanzees will concern three main conditions: small groups in indoor/outdoor runs; larger groups in outdoor compounds; and, zoo groups in naturalistic enclosures. The chimpanzees will be observed with existing, detailed methods to determine the frequency of aggressive behavior, affiliation patterns, play, reproductive behavior, etc. The proposed study seeks to integrate behavioral and veterinary measures of well-being while paying special attention to measures of environmentally induced stress, ranging from behavioral stress measures to fecal cortisol levels, and immunological data. Research on pigtail macaques will be modeled after a previous large-scale study of rhesus monkeys. It will involve corral-housed groups as well as small harem groups. The study of pigtail macaques will be entirely observational and behavioral.

描述（根据申请人的摘要改编）：目的 跨学科项目是积累有关关系的信息 圈养灵长类动物的身体和心理健康及其之间 社会住房条件。 需要成功的信息 管理艾滋病动物模型的现有殖民地，例如黑猩猩 （Pan Troglodytes），恒河猕猴（Macaca Mulatta）和尾鹿猕猴 （M. Nemestrina）。 在多种多样的非人类灵长类动物上收集的数据 条件将补充累积的独特数据库 在先前的研究中。 标准化行为方案和 计算机数据库将增强国家育种的能力 证明现有住房条件和/或提供的计划 设计未来设施的经验基础。 中的一个 设想的最终产品是行为数据收集的指南 技术，易于观察的行为模式的基础水平 作为一般健康信息。 同时，拟议的研究 是开发新的理论模型的持续努力的一部分 环境对侵略行为的影响。 现有模型，该模型 属性侵略水平是拥挤的，存在严重的缺陷。 非人类 灵长类动物对侵略和暴力有许多制衡，以及 似乎有效地应对和中和与 人口密度高，通过app养和和平。 研究 在黑猩猩上将涉及三个主要条件： 室内/室外运行；室外化合物中的较大组；而且，动物园组 在自然主义的围栏中。 黑猩猩将与 现有的详细方法来确定侵略性的频率 行为，隶属模式，游戏，生殖行为等。 拟议的研究旨在整合行为和兽医措施 福祉在特别注意环境措施的同时 诱发的压力，从行为应力度量到粪便 皮质醇水平和免疫学数据。 有关辫子猕猴的研究 将在先前对恒河猴的大规模研究后进行建模。 它将涉及畜栏式群体以及小后宫群体。 这 辫子猕猴的研究将完全是观察性的和行为的。