A study of behavioural responses of non-human primates to air transport and re-housing

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-132

  Honess, P E ^a   Johnson, P J ^a   Wolfensohn, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air transport; Animal welfare; Behaviour; Long tailed macaque; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; STANDARDIZATION;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; AVIATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 2342512839     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367704322968795     Document Type: Article

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