Positive reinforcement training to enhance the voluntary movement of group-housed sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys atys)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-195

  Veeder, Christin L ^a,b   Bloomsmith, Mollie A ^b,c   McMillan, Jennifer L ^b   Perlman, Jaine E ^b   Martin, Allison L ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CERCOCEBUS; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; TRAINING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CERCOCEBUS ATYS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REWARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; ATYS; CERCOCEBUS TORQUATUS ATYS;

EID: 64549123103     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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