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Housing of laboratory primates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

Steven J Schapiro  and
Mollie Bloomsmith
Steven J Schapiro
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Bastrop, TX USA
Mollie Bloomsmith
Affiliation:
TECHLab, Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA USA
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Type
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Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 139 - 140
Copyright
© 2002 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

References

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Schapiro, S J and Bloomsmith, M 2001 Lower-row caging in a two-tiered housing system does not affect the behaviour of young, singly housed rhesus macaques. Animal Welfare 10: 387–394Google Scholar
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