A Survey of Husbandry Practices for Lorisid Primates in North American Zoos and Related Facilities

Zoo Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-100

  Fuller, Grace ^a,b   Kuhar, Christopher W ^a,b   Dennis, Patricia M ^a,b,c   Lukas, Kristen E ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND METROPARKS ZOO   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exhibit design; Loris tardigradus; Nycticebus coucang; Nycticebus pygmaeus; Perodicticus potto; Potto; Pygmy loris; Slender loris; Slow loris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LORISIDAE; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA COLLECTION; FERTILITY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTERNET; LORISIDAE; NORTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; LORIDAE; LORIS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS; PERODICTICUS POTTO; PRIMATES;

EID: 84873739431     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21049     Document Type: Article

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