Videostimulation as enrichment for captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 139-155

  Platt, Donna M ^a,b   Novak, Melinda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental enrichment; Primate; Rhesus monkeys; Video games; Videotapes; Welfare

Indexed keywords

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0030914885     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(96)01093-3     Document Type: Article

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