Human-directed contra-aggression training using positive reinforcement with single and multiple trainers for indoor-housed rhesus macaques

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 132, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 178-186

  Minier, Darren E ^a,b   Tatum, Lindsay ^a   Gottlieb, Daniel H ^a,c   Cameron, Ashley ^a   Snarr, Jessica ^a   Elliot, Richard ^a   Cook, Ashleigh ^a   Elliot, Kami ^a   Banta, Kimberly ^a   Heagerty, Allison ^a,c   McCowan, Brenda ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Animal training; Animal welfare; Desensitization; Human animal interaction; Positive reinforcement

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79957580921     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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