Technique for hand-rearing and reintroducing rejected cotton-top tamarin infants.
During a one year period, seven rejected cotton-top tamarin infants were hand-reared. A hand-rearing program was developed which included the use of heated surrogates, a non-human primate infant formula, special nipples, and a systematic reintroduction into a family group. This regimen was quite successful. The hand-rearing process yielded a success rate of 75.0%, while the reintroduction process had a success rate of 80.0% for reintroduction into a family group and 100.0% survival rate.
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000662:veterinary; D002143:Callitrichinae / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012059:Rejection, Psychology