The care and management of chimpanzees (pan troglodytes) in captive environments : a husbandry manual developed for the Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: North Carolina Zoological Park, North Carolina Zoological Society
Other Authors: Fulk, Randy, Garland, Christopher
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [N.C.] : North Carolina Zoological Park and North Carolina Zoological Society, [1992]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Taxonomy and distribution
  • Taxonomy and description
  • Distribution
  • Issues effecting populations
  • History of chimpanzees in captivity
  • Behavior
  • Introduction
  • Group size/composition
  • Wild
  • Captivity
  • Survey results
  • Abnormal behavior
  • Wild
  • Captivity
  • Survey results
  • Reproduction / Nancy King & Dave Thomas
  • Adolescent development
  • Estrous cycle and copulation
  • Gestation and parturition
  • Infant development and paternal behavior
  • Implications for captive management
  • Survey results
  • Behavior recommendations
  • Care
  • Introduction.
  • Caregiver/chimpanzee relationship
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Conditioning: principles underlying the dynamics of caregiver/chimpanzee interactions / Randy Fulk
  • The Basics of conditioning
  • Conditioning in a nutshell
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Systematic observation
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Environmental enrichment for zoo chimpanzees / Jill Mellen & David Shepherdson.
  • Social environment
  • Physical environment
  • Husbandry routine
  • Manipulable objects
  • Artificial termite mounds & puzzle
  • Feeders
  • Novelty
  • Conclusions
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Reproductive control
  • Ingrid Porton.
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Hand rearing
  • Ingrid Porton
  • Infant care and socialization
  • Primate socialization
  • Social isolation
  • Methods to improve maternal care
  • Alternatives to hand-rearing
  • Hand-rearing
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Introductions of chimpanzees in captivity / Jennifer McNary
  • Introduction
  • Basic introduction steps
  • Infants
  • Juveniles
  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Safety
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Escapes
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions.
  • Zoonotic diseases
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Cleaning
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Nutrition / Randy Fulk, Chris Garland, and Michael Loomis
  • Wild
  • Captivity
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Shipping / Chris Garland & Glenous Favata
  • Survey results
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Staff
  • Survey results.
  • Recommendations
  • Suggestions
  • Health / Michael Loomis
  • Introduction
  • Pre-shipment protocol
  • Quarantine
  • Tuberculin testing
  • Serology
  • Vaccination
  • Parasitology
  • Infertility
  • Diseases and syndromes
  • Design
  • Overview
  • Wild
  • Captivity
  • Survey results general
  • Survey results outdoor designed habitats
  • Survey results indoor designed environments
  • Survey results holding area
  • Survey results specialized facilities
  • General design considerations
  • Promoting species typical behaviors
  • Promoting psychological well-being
  • Observation
  • Visitor education.
  • Outdoor designed habitats
  • Containment barriers
  • Furniture
  • Access/egress
  • Behavioral enrichment areas/devices
  • Public viewing
  • Substrate/topography
  • Indoor designed environments
  • Containment
  • Substrate
  • Climate control
  • Holding areas
  • Containment
  • Size/number
  • Substrate
  • Climate control
  • Furniture
  • Enrichment
  • Specialized facilities.
  • Design recommendations
  • General recommendations
  • Outdoor designed habitat
  • Indoor designed environment
  • Holding facilities
  • Specialized facilities
  • Appendix I
  • Recommendations & sugestions
  • Appendix II
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture regulations
  • Appendix III
  • Selected issues requiring further inquiry
  • Appendix IV
  • Survey results (objective only)
  • Appendix V
  • Case history.