Social behaviour of collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) under three space allowances

Animal Welfare

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-248

  Nogueira, S S Da C ^a   Silva, M G ^a   Dias, C T Dos S ^b   Pompeia S ^c   Cetra, M ^a   Nogueira Filho, S L G ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Captive breeding; Collared peccary; Shelter usage; Social behaviour; Wildlife farming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEEDING; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PECARI TAJACU; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 77955614375     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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