Enrichment devices for nonhuman primates

Lab Animal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Schub, Tanja ^a   Eisenstein, Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RECREATION; REVIEW;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PRIMATES;

EID: 4243050628     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban1103-37     Document Type: Article

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