New directions for zoo animal welfare science

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 147, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 247-260

  Whitham, Jessica C ^a   Wielebnowski, Nadja ^b  

^a Chicago Zoological Society   (United States)

^b OREGON ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal well being; Animal based assessments; Positive affect; Zoo animal welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; EMERGENCE; MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; ZOO;

EID: 84883263921     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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