The impact of cognitive testing on the welfare of group housed primates

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Whitehouse, Jamie ^a   Micheletta, Jérôme ^a,b   Powell, Lauren E ^a   Bordier, Celia ^a   Waller, Bridget M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Marwell Wildlife   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MACACA NIGRA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; FEMALE; MACACA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84892381463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078308     Document Type: Article

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