TAILORING BEHAVIORAL MANAGEMENT TO REARING AND RESEARCH

针对饲养和研究定制行为管理

• 批准号: 7958607
• 负责人: KATE CANFIELD BAKER
• 金额: $ 6.01万
• 依托单位: TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-05-01 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7958607
• 关键词: Address; Anxiety; Behavior; Behavioral; Climate; Clinical Data; Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects Database; Funding; Grant; Guidelines; Housing; Human; Incidence; Individual; Institution; Macaca mulatta; Measures; Methods; Mothers; Nurseries; Personal Satisfaction; Physiological; Policies; Population; Positive Reinforcements; Primates; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; Source; Training; United States National Institutes of Health; infancy; nonhuman primate; peer; psychologic; sex; social; social group

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Introduction. The USDA Draft Policy on Environmental Enhancement for Nonhuman Primates has been developed to provide more specific guidelines as to what measures sufficiently address the psychological needs of captive primates, but research is needed to guide its implementation. This project is providing direct benefit to the primate well-being and management of the Tulane National Primate Research Center colony. Rhesus macaques were studied due to their widespread use in biomedicine. Focus was placed on social grouping and human interaction as enrichment. Methods. Using behavioral, physiological, and clinical data, the following were compared 1) the effects of continuous full contact, continuous protected contact (social access via barred panels), and intermittent full contact for pair-housing rhesus macaques, and 2) the effects of several quantities and forms of human/primate interaction on the behavioral well-being of singly-housed individuals of both sexes. Subjects are drawn from the following populations: those mother-reared in a social setting, those mother-reared without other social partners, and nursery-reared individuals, some with and some without peer contact in infancy. Results/Discussion. Social grouping: both continous and intermittent full contact pair housing confer similar behavioral benefits (reduced abnormal and anxiety-related behavior, increased activity level), and do not result in differences in the incidence of wounding. Fewer behavioral benefits and no differences in wounding were observed in protected contact. Less affiliation occurs in protected contact, and subjects show higher levels of anxiety-related behavior. Human interaction: unstructured interaction or low levels of positive reinforcement training produced no behavioral changes, but intensive training for subjects with severe abnormal behavior reduced levels of these behaviors. This project aims to provide the scientific underpinning for decisions relating to the changing regulatory climate governing the behavioral management of non-human primates.

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 导言。美国农业部关于改善非人类灵长类动物环境的政策草案已经制定，以提供更具体的指导方针，说明哪些措施足以解决圈养灵长类动物的心理需求，但需要研究来指导其实施。该项目正在为杜兰国家灵长类研究中心群体的灵长类福祉和管理提供直接好处。由于恒河猴在生物医学中的广泛应用，人们对它们进行了研究。重点放在作为丰富的社会群体和人与人之间的互动上。方法：研究方法。使用行为学、生理学和临床数据，比较了1)连续完全接触、连续保护性接触(通过屏蔽板进行社交接触)和间歇性完全接触对成对居住的恒河猴的影响，以及2)几种数量和形式的人/灵长类互动对独居者行为幸福感的影响。受试者来自以下人群：那些在社会环境中由母亲抚养的人，那些在没有其他社会伙伴的情况下由母亲抚养的人，以及由托儿所抚养的人，其中一些人在婴儿时期有同伴接触，另一些人没有同伴接触。结果/讨论。社会分组：连续和间歇性全接触对住房提供类似的行为益处(减少异常和焦虑相关行为，增加活动水平)，并且不会导致伤害发生率的差异。在保护性接触中，观察到较少的行为益处和伤害方面的差异。在受保护的接触中，从属关系较少，受试者表现出较高水平的焦虑相关行为。人际互动：非结构化互动或低水平的积极强化训练不会产生行为变化，但对有严重异常行为的受试者进行强化训练会降低这些行为的水平。该项目旨在为与管理非人类灵长类动物行为管理的不断变化的监管环境有关的决策提供科学基础。