The influence of captive adolescent male chimpanzees on wounding: Management and welfare implications

Zoo Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 623-634

  Ross, S R ^a,b   Bloomsmith, M A ^b,c   Bettinger, T L ^b,d   Wagner, K E ^a  

^a Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^b Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DISNEY S ANIMAL KINGDOM   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chimpanzee; Husbandry; Welfare; Wounding

Indexed keywords

PAN;

AGE; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; APE DISEASES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PAN TROGLODYTES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949712728     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20243     Document Type: Article

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