Modifying the behaviour of singly caged baboons: Evaluating the effectiveness of four enrichment techniques

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-81

  Bourgeois, S R ^a   Brent, L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Animal welfare; Baboon; Behaviour modification; Enrichment; Positive reinforcement training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BABOON; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM SOCIAL GROUP; REINFORCEMENT; SAMPLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY; STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; HAMADRYAS; PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PRIMATES;

EID: 13644258645     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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