Factors affecting the successful pairing of unfamiliar common marmoset (Callithrix Jacchus) females: Preliminary results

Animal Welfare

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-337

  Majolo, B ^a,b   Buchanan Smith, H M ^b   Morris, K ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Colony management; Common marmoset; Husbandry; Pair formation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TESTING ALTERNATIVE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; GENDER; IMMATURITY; INJURY; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIBLING; SNIFFING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA; CALLITHRIX; CALLITHRIX JACCHUS; MARMOSETS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0042813460     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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