Effective feeding enrichment for non-human primates: A brief review

Animal Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-272

  Reinhardt, V ^a,b   Roberts, A ^a  

^a Animal Welfare Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behavioural health; Enrichment; Feeding; Foraging; Non human primates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000919047     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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