Guidelines and ethical considerations for housing and management of psittacine birds used in research

ILAR Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 409-423

  Kalmar, Isabelle D ^a   Janssens, Geert P J ^a   Moons, Christel P H ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian welfare; Bird; Enrichment; Housing; Laboratory animal; Nutrition; Parrot; Psittacine

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOPSITTACUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 78649642424     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.51.4.409     Document Type: Article

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