Psittacine birds as laboratory animals: Refinements and assessment of welfare

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 8-15

  Kalmar, Isabelle D ^a   Moons, Christel P H ^a   Meers, Lieve L ^a   Janssens, Geert P J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRD; CAGE; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HOUSING; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; NONHUMAN; PARROT; PSITTACINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE; PARROTS;

EID: 35548971710     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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