Behavioral management of chimpanzees in biomedical research facilities: The state of the science

ILAR Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 192-201

  Bloomsmith, Mollie A ^a   Else, James G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal care; Animal husbandry; Animal training; Behavioral management; Breeding; Chimpanzee; Distress; Environmental enrichment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BREEDING; CHIMPANZEE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; STRESS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CONDITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HOUSING, ANIMAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144363263     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.46.2.192     Document Type: Review

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