The effects of different types of feeding enhancements on the behaviour of single-caged, yearling rhesus macaques

Animal Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-138

  Schapiro, S J ^a   Suarez, S A ^a   Porter, L M ^a   Bloomsmith, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Feeding; Feeding enrichment; Macaca mulatta; Psychological well being; Single caging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037839501     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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