The psychological well-being of nonhuman primates /

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Psychological well-being of nonhuman primates (Print)
Corporate Author:	Institute for Laboratory Animal Research (U.S.). Committee on Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1998.
Subjects:	Primates > psychology. Animals, Laboratory > psychology. Animal Welfare.

Table of Contents:

Executive summary
Introduction
Principles of psychological well-being of nonhuman primates
Essentials of a program to provide psychological well-being
Social companionship
Opportunities to engage in species-typical activities
Housing design
Personnel interactions
Documentation
Checklist for a plan to promote the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates
General care and psychological well-being
Housing
Sanitation
Daily care
Nutrition
Restraint and training
Mating patterns
Personnel
Veterinary care
Effect of special research conditions on psychological well-being
Conditions involving infectious diseases
Conditions involving atypical rearing environments
Conditions involving physical restraint of animals
Conditions involving minimally invasive procedures
Conditions involving surgery
Multiple research use
Conditions involving pain
Animal models of substance abuse
Conditions involving aggression
Prosimians
Housing
Nutrition
Social behavior
Reproduction and development
Cognition
Personnel
Veterinary care
Special considerations
New world monkeys: Callitrichids
Housing
Nutrition
Social behavior
Reproduction and development
Cognition
Personnel
Veterinary care
New world monkeys: Cebids
Housing
Nutrition
Social behavior
Reproduction and development
Cognition
Personnel
Veterinary care
Old world monkeys: Cercopithecids - Housing
Nutrition
Social behavior
Reproduction and development
Cognition
Personnel
Veterinary care
Apes: Hominoids
Housing
Nutrition
Social behavior
Reproduction and development
Cognition
Personnel
Veterinary care
Research needs
Theory of psychological well-being
Indexes of well-being
Natural history
Individual development
Subject characteristics
Caging
Social groups
Environmental enrichment
Cognition
Husbandry practices
Animal technician's and caregiver's role in well-being
Research innovations
Appendixes
Samples of nonhuman-primate environmental-enhancement plans
Examples of infectious diseases that preclude the safe housing of mixed genera of nonhuman primates
Biographical sketches of authoring committee.