The use of positive reinforcement training techniques to enhance the care, management, and welfare of primates in the laboratory.

Enhancing nonhuman primate care and welfare through the use of positive reinforcement training.

Nonhuman primates are excellent subjects for the enhancement of care and welfare through training. The broad range of species offers tremendous behavioral diversity, and individual primates show varying abilities to cope with the stressors of captivity, which differ depending on the venue. Biomedical facilities include small single cages, pair housing, and breeding corrals with large social gro...

Improving the Welfare of Laboratory-Housed Primates Through the Use of Positive Reinforcement Training: Practicalities of Implementation

Use of Positive Reinforcement Techniques in Primates to Enhance Animal Care, Research, and Enrichment

There is a growing trend in the zoological and biomedical community to recognize the use of operant conditioning techniques as a valuable animal care and management tool. (Baker, 1991) (Reichard, 1992) (Priest, 1991) (Laule, 1993) (Reinhardt, 1990) Operant conditioning offers two basic alternatives for influencing behavior: positive reinforcement, and negative reinforcement or escape/avoidance....

GUEST EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION Training Nonhuman Primates Using Positive Reinforcement Techniques

Training nonhuman primates to cooperate with routine scientific, husbandry, and veterinary procedures is recommended as good practice by many legislative and professional guidelines (Home Office, 1989; International Primatological Society, 1989). Despite this, the scientific literature on this topic is sparse and disparate, and training is not used as widely as it might be. This may be due to t...

Evaluation of the attitudes of general dentists in toward pediatric behavior guidance techniques in Yazd City in 2018

Introduction: Implementing informed strategies along with changing the attitude of general dentists can lead to many improvements in child behavioral management skills. . Therefore, the present study was conducted to evaluate the attitude of general dentists toward pediatric behavior guidance techniques Materials and Methods :In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 160 dental practitioners...