Comparison of indoor and captive, free-roaming management in golden-headed lion tamarins (Leontopithecus chrysomelas) at Zürich Zoo

Animal Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-210

  Steinmetz, H W ^a,b   Zingg, R ^c   Ossent, P ^b   Eulenberger, U ^b   Clauss, M ^b   Hatt, J M ^b  

^a CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Zürich Zoo ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Disease; Golden headed lion tamarin; Husbandry; Reproduction; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFECTION RISK; LEONTOPITHECUS; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; WEANING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLITRICHIDAE; LEONTOPITHECUS CHRYSOMELAS;

EID: 79955416869     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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