Training laboratory-housed non-human primates, part I: A UK survey

Animal Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-36

  Prescott, Mark J ^a   Buchanan Smith, H M ^b  

^a National Centre for the Replacement   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Habituation; Positive reinforcement; Refinement; Socialisation; Training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONDITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; HABITUATION; INTERVIEW; MACACA; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIMATE; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846949752     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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