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Title: Primates: behavioral and hormonal response of common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, to two environmental conditions
Authors: Barbosa, Maricele Nascimento
Mota, Maria Teresa da Silva
Keywords: Callithrix jacchus;Common marmoset;Captivity;Management routine;Management routine
Issue Date: 11-Mar-2009
Citation: BARBOSA, Maricele Nascimento; MOTA, Maria Teresa da Silva. Behavioral and hormonal response of common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, to two environmental conditions. Primates, v. 4, p. 253-260, mar. 2009. ISSN 0032-8332. Disponível em: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10329-009-0137-2>. Acesso em: 19 out. 2018.
Portuguese Abstract: Captive animals of several species change their behavioral pattern and hormonal profile in response to physical (for example, cage size and temperature) and social (for example, group size and social isolation) modification of their environment. To evaluate the effect of environmental change in captivity, the affiliative (contact/proximity and allogrooming) and individual (approach, leaving, scent mark, locomotion, and autogrooming) behavior of five family groups of common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus, were recorded on weekdays (non-quiet) and at the weekend (quiet) for two months. In addition, fecal samples were collected for four of these groups to measure their cortisol levels under both conditions. The behavioral pattern and hormonal profile of breeding pairs and their offspring were modified by different management routines used in the experimental conditions. We found that the animals spent more time in affiliative interactions at the weekend, whereas on weekdays, they showed more individual behaviors. Moreover, cortisol levels of breeding pairs and their offspring were higher on weekdays, suggesting that common marmosets living in captivity react to environmental modification by changing their behavioral and hormonal pattern.
URI: https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/26055
ISSN: 0032-8332
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