APPLIED RESEARCH FOR IMPROVING THE BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT

改善行为管理的应用研究

• 批准号: 3450825
• 负责人: MICHALE E KEELING
• 金额: $ 25.16万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1986
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1986-09-30 至 1990-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3450825
• 关键词: animal ecology; ethology; mother child interaction

This research is a companion to the breeding programs from the Primate Foundation of Arizona and University of Texas, Veterinary Resources Division. These two institutions have formed a research consortium that will include data on over 160 chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). The planned research will investigate the factors influencing the production of successful breeders from captive born animals; seek improvements in the husbandry of captive breeding groups; and determine methods which may allow more precise predictions of productivity from captive breeding programs. The principle thrust is a set of cooperative behavioral research projects to be accomplished at both institutions. By carefully documenting the ontogeny of social and sexual behavior of infants with their mothers, and with other companions in various rearing paradigms, we expect to be able to determine the range of rearing conditions that will produce behaviorally adequate adults. Once these animals are adults, the relationship between their behavioral adequacy as adults and their behavior while immature will be investigated to determine if predictors of adult behavior in young animals can be identified. If so, these would allow early assignment of animals to research programs, replacement breeder pool, or interventional programs to improve their chances to breed. As a corollary to these behavioral projects, studies of physical growth, development and aging will identify the range of normal variability in captive chimpanzees against which individuals suspected of being deviant may be judged. Other behavioral experiments will (1) identify causes and test interventions against aggression resulting in trauma in captive groups, and (2) test the use of videotapes of chimpanzee behavior as environmental enrichment and as a possible socializing tool for singly housed animals. Studies of existing and future colony records from three institutions will provide data on the effects of mother's age, parity and other variables on reproductive success and the length of postpartum infertility. This information will improve the ability to predict productivity in a colony.

这项研究是从灵长类动物的育种计划的伴侣 亚利桑那州和德克萨斯大学兽医资源基金会 师. 这两个机构组成了一个研究联盟， 将包括160多只黑猩猩的数据。 计划 研究将调查影响生产的因素， 成功的育种者从圈养出生的动物;寻求改善 圈养繁殖群体的饲养;并确定可能允许 更精确的预测生产力从圈养繁殖计划。 主要目标是一系列合作行为研究项目 在这两个机构都要做到。 通过仔细记录 婴儿与母亲的社会和性行为的个体发育，以及 与其他同伴在各种饲养模式，我们希望能够 确定饲养条件的范围， 足够的成年人。 一旦这些动物成年， 他们作为成年人的行为适当性和他们的行为，而不成熟的意志 以确定是否预测成年人的行为在年轻的 动物可以识别。 如果是这样的话，这些将允许提前分配 动物到研究项目、替代育种库或干预 提高它们繁殖机会的计划。 作为这些的必然结果， 行为项目，对身体生长、发育和衰老的研究， 确定圈养黑猩猩的正常变异范围， 哪些人被怀疑是异常的可能会被判断。 其他 行为实验将（1）确定原因并测试干预措施 防止侵略造成的创伤，在圈养群体，（2）测试， 利用黑猩猩行为的录像带丰富环境， 一个可能的社交工具，为单独圈养的动物。 现有研究 来自三个机构的未来殖民地记录将提供有关 母亲年龄、产次和其他变量对生育成功的影响 以及产后不孕的时间长短 这些信息将改善 预测蚁群生产力的能力。