Efficient Cooperative Restraint Training With Rhesus Macaques

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-117

  Bliss Moreau, Eliza ^a,b   Theil, Jacob H ^a,b,c   Moadab, Gilda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

chair training; negative reinforcement; nonhuman primate; positive reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAGE; CERVICAL COLLAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; POSTURE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; REWARD;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 84875828396     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: 15327604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2013.768897     Document Type: Article

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