The effects of cage size and complexity on the behaviour of captive common marmosets, Callithrix jacchus jacchus

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 317-326

  Kitchen, Ann M ^a   Martin, Angus A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captivity; Enrichment; Marmoset; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAGE; FEMALE; MALE; MARMOSET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; RELIABILITY; TIME;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0029827144     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367796780739853     Document Type: Article

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