Positive reinforcement training moderates only high levels of abnormal behavior in singly housed rhesus macaques

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-252

  Baker, Kate C ^a   Bloomsmith, Mollie ^b   Neu, Kimberly ^b   Griffis, Caroline ^b   Maloney, Margaret ^c   Oettinger, Brooke ^a   Schoof, Valérie A M ^d   Martinez, Marni ^e  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Disney Animal Kingdom   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORAGING; GROOMING; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; REARING; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRAINING;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 70549114788     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888700902956011     Document Type: Article

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