The Influence of Rearing Conditions on the Physical Growth of Captive Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Norikatsu MIWA¹  Kiyoaki MATSUBAYASHI¹  Yoshiro KAMANAKA¹  Nobuko MATSUBAYASHI¹  Juri SUZUKI¹  Kiyonori KUMAZAKI¹  Masamitsu ABE¹  Shunji GOTOH¹ 

[1] Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University

关键词: Japanese macaque;    physical growth;    rearing condition;    somatometry;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.63.361

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(17)Cited-By(3)To clarify the influence of rearing conditions on the growth of various body parts of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata), two groups reared under different conditions, i.e., a group born and reared in open enclosures (Enclosure group) and another consisting of macaques born and reared in cages (Caged group), were somatometrically analyzed. Somatometric data on 36 measures of various body parts were collected from 77 males and 92 females. Growth in many body parts was smaller in the Caged group than in the Enclosure group. Body parts that exhibited large incremental increases were more sensitive to differences in rearing space at the infantile growth stage in both sexes. Recovery from delayed growth at the pubertal growth stage was found in many body parts. However, the size of some locomotor elements such as the wrist and hand, and ankle and foot strongly reflected limitations of space and changes due to this were irreversible. Females were more sensitive than males to such differences in rearing conditions. We conclude that open enclosures with ample rearing space are necessary for the innate growth of Japanese macaques to occur.

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