Use of a grooming and foraging substrate to reduce cage stereotypies in macaques
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Medical Primatology
- Vol. 20 (3) , 104-109
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0684.1991.tb00500.x
Abstract
We examined the effects of a synthetic fleece pad on cage stereotypies in individually housed cynomolgus monkeys. Animals which received the fleece alone engaged in grooming which was associated with an increase in time spent resting. Monkeys given fleece pads sprinkled with morsels of food did not groom the fleece, but rather foraged for long periods (up to 27 min/h). Stereotyped behaviours were reduced by up to 73% by use of the fleece pad both alone and with foraging crumbles.Keywords
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