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Successful Mother- and Group-Rearing of a Newborn Capuchin Monkey (Cebus Capucinus) Following Emergency Major Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

J R Anderson ,
E André  and
P Wolf
J R Anderson*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Psychophysiologie, Université Louis Pasteur (CNRS URA 1295), 67000 Strasbourg, France
E André
Affiliation:
Centre de Primatologie, Université Louis Pasteur, 67207 Niederhausbergen, France
P Wolf
Affiliation:
Fondation Transplantation, 67000 Strasbourg, France
*
† Contact for correspondence and requests for reprints: Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland
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Abstract

During capture, in order to separate him from a possessive adult female and return him to his mother, a newborn male in a laboratory group of Cebus capucinus monkeys was found to have a seriously infected compound fracture of the humerus associated with a deep and extensive slash wound. Amputation of the affected limb was deemed necessary. Shortly after surgery the newborn was returned to his mother, in isolation from the group, with periodic removal for post-surgical care. Three weeks later the mother-newborn pair was returned to the social group and no further intervention occurred. Regular observations revealed mutual behavioural adjustments to the handicap by the mother and newborn. Compared to a normal age-mate, the amputee received more positive social attention from the mother and other group-members. Despite his showing delays in locomotor and manipulatory activities, the handicapped infant showed good behavioural progress. Early resocialization thus appears feasible following emergency surgery in newborn primates.

Keywords

animal welfarebehaviourdevelopmentmaternal behaviourrearingsurgery
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , August 1995 , pp. 171 - 182
Copyright
© 1995 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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