Refinements to captive chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) care: a self-medication Paradigm.

ABSTRACT: In an effort to enhance welfare, behavioural management continually refines methods of non-human primate (NHP) care. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) are one of the most cognitively complex captive NHPs and they have been observed to self-medicate in the wild. The population of captive chimpanzees in the US is aged (due to a breeding moratorium instituted in 1998) and will progressively require more medical care as they get older. To functionally simulate natural self-medication behaviour, provide chimpanzees with the opportunity to voluntarily participate in their own healthcare, and open new avenues of communication between caregivers and chimpanzees, we used a medication choice paradigm that allowed chimpanzees to choose their daily arthritis medication. We provided four arthriti

SUBMITTER: Webb SN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6594570 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature