Reproductive performance of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in two outdoor housing conditions

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Westergaard, Gregory Charles ^a   Izard, M K ^b   Drake, J H ^a  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b LABS of Virginia Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Macaca mulatta; Primate housing; Reproduction; Rhesus macaque

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACACA; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0033990285     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200001)50:1<87::AID-AJP8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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