Behavioral abnormalities in captive nonhuman primates

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 275-284

  Mallapur, Avanti ^a,b   Choudhury, B C ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Oxfam (India) Trust   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BITE; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EROTISM; FEMALE; INDIA; LIMB MOVEMENT; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIMATE; REARING; RECORDING; SELF STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; STEREOTYPY; TAIL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; AUTOMUTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; HYLOBATES SP.; MACACA; MACACA ARCTOIDES; PANTHERA LEO; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INDIA; MALE; PRIMATES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER;

EID: 1642269216     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327604jaws0604_2     Document Type: Article

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