Why and how should we use environmental enrichment to tackle stereotypic behaviour?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 102, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 163-188

  Mason, G ^a   Clubb, R ^a   Latham, N ^a   Vickery, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abnormal behaviour; Animal welfare; Environmental enrichment; Prevalence; Stereotypic behaviour; Zoo animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NICHE; REARING; STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIOR; ZOO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845665771     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2006.05.041     Document Type: Article

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