TRAINING MACAQUES TO VOLUNTARILY CO-OPERATE DURING TWO COMMON PROCEDURES: BLOOD COLLECTION AND CAPTURE OF GROUP-HOUSED ANIMALS
作者单位：Animal Welfare Institute PO Box 3650 Washington DC 20007 USA Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland UK Research Animals Department RSPCA Horsham West Sussex RH13 9RS England UK
会议名称：《The Xixth Congress The International Primatological Society》
会议日期：2002年
学科分类：0907[农学-林学] 090705[农学-野生动植物保护与利用] 09[农学]
关 键 词：positive reinforcement training venipuncture refinement
摘 要：正 （1） Ten male, pair-housed rhesus macaques （Macaca mulatta） and six female, pair-housed stump-tailed macaques （M. arctoides） were successfully trained to actively cooperate during in-homecage venipunc-ture. Training was based on positive reinforcement with food-treats and vocal praise, consistent firmness, gentleness and patience. Total cumulative training time per subject ranged from 16 to 63 minutes (mean