Tongue twisters: Feeding enrichment to reduce oral stereotypy in giraffe

Zoo Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-212

  Fernandez, Loraine Tarou ^a,b   Bashaw, Meredith J ^a,b,c   Sartor, Richard L ^a   Bouwens, Nichole R ^a   Maki, Todd S ^a  

^a ZOO ATLANTA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Giraffe; Housing; Oral behavior; Stereotypic behavior; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GIRAFFIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PRIMATES; UNGULATA;

EID: 47249139522     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20180     Document Type: Article

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