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Environmental enrichment objects and singly housed rhesus monkeys: Individual preferences and the restoration of novelty (1991)

Weick, B. G., Perkins, S. E., Burnett, D. E. et al.

Abstract

We found that the extent of physical contact with the [Kong toy, Nylabone ring and Nylabone ball] toys habituated during a short time. ... The introduction of a different toy every Monday was accompanied by a restoration of the apparent novelty of the toys.

Published
1991

Animal Type
Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
Topic
Environmental Enrichment

Citation
Weick, B. G., Perkins, S. E., Burnett, D. E. et al. 1991. Environmental enrichment objects and singly housed rhesus monkeys: Individual preferences and the restoration of novelty. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 30(5), 18 (Abstract).

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