The Influence of Rearing Conditions on the Physical Growth of Captive Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 361-366

  Suzuki, Juri ^a   Miwa, Norikatsu ^a   Kumazaki, Kiyonori ^a   Abe, Masamitsu ^a   Kamanaka, Yoshiro ^a   Matsubayashi, Nobuko ^a   Gotoh, Shunji ^a   Matsubayashi, Kiyoaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese macaque; Physical growth; Rearing condition; Somatometry

Indexed keywords

MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MACACA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MACACA; MALE;

EID: 0035315891     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.63.361     Document Type: Article

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