What factors should determine cage sizes for primates in the laboratory?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Buchanan Smith, H M ^a   Prescott, M J ^b   Cross, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Arboreality; Breeding success; Colony management; Primate; Species specific needs

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CAGE; ECOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; SEX; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 1542790572     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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