Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare covers all aspects of primate care and management both in the laboratory environment and in zoos.
From the welfare and ethics of primate captivity through to housing and husbandry systems, environmental enrichment, nutritional requirements, breeding issues, primate diseases, and additional information on transportation and quarantine proceedings, this book provides a completely comprehensive guide to good husbandry and management of primates.
Designed to be a practical field manual, the material is presented using lists, tables and illustrations to clarify best practice.
Features:
- Representative species are covered – from marmosets through to macaques
- One of the first books dedicated to the care of primates in captivity
- Written by authors with many years of experience working with primates
- Suitable for those working with primates in either laboratories or zoos
Contents
1 Primates: Their characteristics and relationship with man
- What is a primate? Primate characteristics
- Why are primates special? Ethical considerations of animals in captivity
- Legal considerations
2 The physical environment
- Considerations in accommodation design
- Indoor/outdoor/combination facilities
- Environmental conditions
- Waste management
- Further research needed
3 Staff, management and health and safety
- Selection of staff
- Training of staff
- Health and safety issues
- Lone working
- Employee security
4 Nutrition
- Natural feeding ecology
- Diet formulation and processing
- Energy requirements
- Carbohydrate, protein and fat
- Minerals and vitamins
- Water
- Supplements
- Different life stages
- Hand rearing of infants
5 Physical well-being
- Assessment of physical health
- Quarantine programm
- Health-screening programm
- Common infectious diseases
- Husbandry-related diseases
- Sedation of primates
6 Psychological well-being
- Strategy for psychological well-being
- Environmental enrichment
- Assessment of psychological health
7 Training of primates
- Why train primates? Sociality and psychological well-being in primates
- Primate behaviour
- Modification of behaviour
8 Breeding
- Group systems and sizes
- Primate fertility
- Natural suppression of fertility
- Reproductive cycles
- Artificial control of reproduction
- Pregnancy diagnosis
- Parturition
- Lactation and weaning
- Breeding lifespan
- Selection of breeding males
9 Sourcing and transporting primates
- Background
- Transportation
- Provision during transport
- Post-move monitoring
Index
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