Benefits of pair housing are consistent across a diverse population of rhesus macaques

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 148-156

  Baker, Kate C ^a   Bloomsmith, Mollie A ^b   Oettinger, Brooke ^a,c   Neu, Kimberly ^b   Griffis, Caroline ^b   Schoof, Valérie ^a,d   Maloney, Margaret ^a,e  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Washington National Primate Research Center   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Sundance Elementary School   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral management; Cortisol; Primate; Social; Welfare

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; INJURY; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; SERUM; STEROID;

MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84859444883     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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