A behavioral comparison of male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in four different housing conditions (2000)

Chase, W. K., Marinus, L. M., Novak, M. A.

Abstract

Animals in socially restricted housing [single-housing, single-housing with intermittent social contact] paced significantly more, locomoted significantly less and were more aggressive than subjects housed in groups.

Published
2000

Animal Type
Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Topic
Social Housing & Companionship

Citation
Chase, W. K., Marinus, L. M., Novak, M. A. 2000. A behavioral comparison of male rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) in four different housing conditions. American Journal of Primatology 51, Supplement 1, 51 (Abstract).

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