Artificial Turf Foraging Boards as Environmental Enrichment for Pair-Housed Female Squirrel Monkeys

Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 22-26

  Fekete, Julie M ^a   Norcross, Janet L ^a   Newman, John D ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

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ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SAIMIRI;

EID: 0034158434     PISSN: 10600558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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