Comparing the relative benefits of grooming-contact and full-contact pairing for laboratory-housed adult female Macaca fascicularis

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 157-165

  Lee, Grace H ^a   Thom, Jinhee P ^a   Chu, Katherine L ^a   Crockett, Carolyn M ^a  

^a Washington National Primate Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal behavior; Environmental enrichment; Laboratory macaques; Pair housing; Psychological well being; Social housing

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSPECIFIC; FEMALE; GROOMING; GUIDELINE; LABORATORY METHOD; PAIR BOND; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84859438296     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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