Combination therapy reduces self-injurious behavior in a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes troglodytes): A case report

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-140

  Bourgeois, Sabrina R ^a   Vazquez, Maribel ^a   Brasky, Kathleen ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GABAPENTIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CHIMPANZEE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE DISEASE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 34447132022     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888700701313454     Document Type: Article

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