Nursery Rearing of Nonhuman Primates in the 21st Century

- Preface. -Introduction to Section 1. -The Effects of Rearing Experiences: The Early Years. -The Changing Role of Hand-Rearing in Zoo-Based Primate Breeding Programs. -Animal Welfare Regulations and Nursery Rearing. -Data Management for the Nonhuman Primate Nursery. -Very Early Rearing Experience: Rationale and Methodologies for Studying Prenatal Development in Nonhuman Primates. -Introduction to Section 2. -The Effect of Hand-Rearing on the Sexual and Maternal Competence of Three Species of Lemurs: Varecia variegate, Varecia rubra, and Eulemur macaco. -Nursery-Reared Prosimian Primates. -Hand-Rearing of Infant Common Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). -Introduction to Section 3. -Immunological Consequences of Nursery Rearing. -Special Challenges of Rearing Infant Macaques Infected with Lentivirus (SIV, HIV, SHIV). -Nursery Rearing and Biobehavioral Organization. -Introduction to Section 3. -Neurobehavioral Assessment of Nonhuman Primate Neonates. -Is it Nutrients or Nurturing?: Comparison of the Growth and Development of Mother-Reared and Laboratory-Reared Macaque Infants. -Baboon Nursery Rearing Practices and Comparisons between Nursery- and Mother-Reared Individuals. -Early Rearing Conditions and Captive Chimpanzee Behavior: Some Surprising Findings. -Effects of Early Rearing History on Growth and Behavioral Development in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). -Introduction to Section 4. -Squirrel Monkeys as an Example of Primate Nursery Medicine. -Nursery Care of At-Risk Nonhuman Primates. -A Quick and Effective Method for Establishing Self-Feeding in Stump-Tailed Macaques (Macaca arctoides). -Saliva as a Medium for Assessing Cortisol and other Compounds in Nonhuman Primates: Collection, Assay, and Examples. -The SPIT Method: For Simultaneous and Unobtrusive Collection of Salivary Cortisol from Individually Housed Infant Monkeys. -Actimetry Measurement of Behavioral Regulation and Sleep Cycles in InfantRhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). -Noninvasive Neuroimaging Techniques for the Study of Primate Brain Development. -Tethering with Maternal and Fetal Catheterization: Technology and Theory for Studying Pre- to Postnatal Continuities. -Introduction to Section 5. -Hematology and Serum Chemistry in Young Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). -Hematology and Serum Chemistry Reference Values for Rhesus Macaque. - Hematology and Serum Chemistry Reference Values for Pigtailed Macaque (Macaca nemestrina) Infants. -Hematology and Serum Chemistry Reference Values for Mother-Reared Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis) Infants. -Index.