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Rearing cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) on surrogate mothers with bottle feeding
P J Timmermans1, E L Röder, A M Kemps
1Psychologisch Laboratorium, Vakgroep vergelijkende en fysiologische psychologie, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Laboratory Animals
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
Fifty-two cynomolgus monkeys were reared in peer groups on surrogate mothers and fed by bottle during the first months of life. A description of the technique of bottle feeding and the structure of surrogate mothers is presented. Results are shown in a growth curve. Inter-individual differences in body weight were very large. The mean weight was higher in males than in females, but no significant sex differences in growth occurred. The weight of mother-reared infants stayed within the standard deviation of the mean weight of the artificially-reared subjects.