Persistent effects of peer rearing on abnormal and species-appropriate activities but not social behavior in group-housed rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 129-136

  Bauer, Sharon A ^a   Baker, Kate C ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mother reared; MR; Peer reared; PR

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; RHESUS MONKEY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL HOUSING; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PEER GROUP;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84963944107     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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