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Copulatory behavior unaccompanied by ovulation in the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata)
Authors:Hideo Nigi  Shin-ichi Hayama  Ryuzo Torii
Affiliation:(1) Department of Wild Animal Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Zootechnical College, 180 Musashino, Tokyo, Japan;(2) Institute for Experimental Animals, Shiga University of Medical Science, 520-21 Seta, Ohtsu, Shiga, Japan
Abstract:Copulatory behavior unrelated to conception is sometimes observed in some non-human primates including the Japanese monkey. In the present study, the authors examined whether a mature follicle or a newly formed fresh corpus luteum was observed in the ovaries of female Japanese monkeys which displayed the copulatory behavior unrelated to conception. Post-conception copulatory behaviors were observed in three out of four females usually kept in individual cages in an air-conditioned room, and in two out of three females without infants kept in an outdoor group cage. However, neither a mature Graafian follicle nor a fresh corpus luteum formed newly after conception was observed in any of these females by laparoscopic examinations conducted immediately after termination of the copulatory behavior. In females with infants born in the preceding birth season, copulatory behaviors were observed in three out of four females kept in the outdoor group cage, and in two out of four females in a free-ranging troop. Ovulation was confirmed in one case out of the three kept in the outdoor group cage, but neither a mature follicle nor a newly formed corpus luteum was observed in the remaining four females. These findings suggest that copulatory behavior in the Japanese monkey is not always controlled by the development of a follicle or ovulation in the ovary.
Keywords:Japanese monkey  Copulatory behavior unrelated to conception  Follicular development  Ovulation  Laparoscopy
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