Training rhesus macaques for venipuncture using positive reinforcement techniques: A comparison with chimpanzees

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-41

  Coleman, Kristine ^a   Pranger, Lindsay ^a   Maier, Adriane ^a   Lambeth, Susan P ^b   Perlman, Jaine E ^b   Thiele, Erica ^b   Schapiro, Steven J ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; REINFORCEMENT; RHESUS MONKEY; STRESS; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; LEARNING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 38749114325     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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