Social hair pulling in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
Social hair pulling in captive rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta).
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DOI：
10.1002/ajp.22720
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发表时间：
2017-12
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Coleman K
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作者：
Heagerty A;Wales RA;Prongay K;Gottlieb DH;Coleman K
脱发在圈养的非人类灵长类动物群体中很常见。脱发的潜在原因有很多，包括荷尔蒙失衡和感染等生理状况，圈养环境特征（如饲养类型、地面基质和群体密度），以及行为异常（如自拔毛）。群养灵长类动物脱发的一个潜在行为原因是社会性拔毛，即一只动物从同种动物身上拔毛。虽然在一些脱发文献中，社会性拔毛与过度梳理毛发混为一谈，但其他作者将其归类为一种攻击性形式，而不是一种过度梳理毛发的形式。在这项研究中，我们检查了 7 组恒河猴 (Macaca mulatta) (N=319) 的社交性拔毛、梳理毛发和攻击行为。我们在一年内每周对每组进行 30 分钟的行为观察，以评估猴子接受和发起这些行为的拔毛和梳理行为的模式，以及攻击性和其他表明统治地位的行为。我们还每月评估每个人的脱发量。虽然梳理毛发往往是针对等级制度“上”的（即，猴子更有可能梳理等级较高的动物而不是等级较低的动物），但大多数拔毛都是针对等级制度“下”的。此外，拔头发很少与攻击行为同时发生，这表明这不是一种攻击形式。拉扯头发通常还会导致吞下拉扯的头发。拔毛与脱发有关；经常被拉毛的猴子每月脱发评分高于那些不常被拉毛的猴子。我们的研究结果表明，社会性拔毛是一种不同于梳理毛发或攻击性行为的行为，并且它可能会导致社会饲养的猕猴脱发。
Alopecia is common among captive populations of nonhuman primates. There are many potential causes of alopecia, including physiological conditions such as hormonal imbalance and infection, features of the captive environment such as housing type, ground substrate, and group density, as well as behavioral abnormalities such as self-plucking. A potential behavioral cause of alopecia in group-housed primates is social hair pulling, where one animal pulls hair from a conspecific. While social hair pulling has been conflated with overgrooming in some of the alopecia literature, other authors have categorized it as a form of aggression rather than a form of excessive grooming. In this study we examined social hair pulling, grooming, and aggression within 7 groups of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) (N=319). We took weekly 30-minute behavioral observations on each group for one year to assess the patterns of hair pulling and grooming, which monkeys were receiving and initiating these behaviors, as well as aggression and other behaviors indicating dominance. We also assessed the amount of alopecia on each individual monthly. While grooming tended to be directed “up” the hierarchy (i.e., monkeys were more likely to groom animals of a higher rank than lower rank), most hair pulling was directed “down” the hierarchy. Further, hair pulling seldom co-occurred with aggressive behaviors, suggesting that it was not a form of aggression. Hair pulling also usually resulted in ingestion of the pulled hair. Hair pulling was correlated with alopecia; monkeys who were frequent recipients of hair pulling scored higher on monthly alopecia ratings than those who were less often observed having hair pulled. Our results suggest that social hair pulling is a behavior distinct from either grooming or aggressive behavior, and that it may contribute to alopecia in socially housed macaques.
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DOI：
10.1098/rspa.2011.0268
发表时间：
2011-12-08
期刊：
Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
影响因子：
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作者：
Fushing H;McAssey MP;McCowan B
通讯作者：
McCowan B
影响因子：
0.7
作者：
Lutz CK;Coleman K;Worlein JM;Kroeker R;Menard MT;Rosenberg K;Meyer JS;Novak MA
通讯作者：
Novak MA
影响因子：
3.6
作者：
COWARD, DG;WHITEHEAD, RG
通讯作者：
WHITEHEAD, RG
影响因子：
1.3
作者：
BERNSTEIN, IS;SHARPE, LG
通讯作者：
SHARPE, LG
影响因子：
3
作者：
AKAIKE, H
通讯作者：
AKAIKE, H