The humane control of captive marmoset and tamarin populations

Animal Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-242

  Sainsbury, A W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Callitrichidae; Contraception; Control of reproduction; Management; Marmoset; Primate; Tamarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038048419     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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