Effects of puzzle feeders on pathological behavior in individually housed rhesus monkeys

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-227

  Novak, M A ^a,b   Kinsey, J H ^a   Jorgensen, M J ^a   Hazen, T J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral pathology; Environmental enrichment; Primates; Rhesus monkeys; Self injurious behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MACACA; MALE; MAZE TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031786971     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(1998)46:3<213::AID-AJP3>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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