Use of enclosures with functional vertical space by captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) involved in biomedical research

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 31-34

  Clarence, Wendy M ^a   Scott, Jennifer P ^a   Dorris, Michael C ^a   Paré, Martin ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CAGE; FEMALE; MACACA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; SPACE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; MACACA MULATTA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 33749144310     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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