Artificial weaning of old world monkeys: Benefits and costs

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-156

  Reinhardt, Viktor ^a,b  

^a Animal Welfare Institute   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MONKEY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; PREPUBERTY; REARING; UNITED STATES; WEANING; ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; SUCKLING; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ANIMALS, WILD; BREEDING; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; LACTATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; WEANING;

EID: 0038624495     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327604JAWS0502_05     Document Type: Article

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