Lower-row caging in a two-tiered housing system does NOT affect the behaviour of young, singly housed rhesus macaques

Animal Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-394

  Schapiro, S J ^a   Bloomsmith, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Captive housing; Psychological well being; Rhesus macaque; Single housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006058806     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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