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Ideas of improving living conditions of non-human primates by improving cage design (2001)

Reasinger, D. J., Rogers, J. R.

Abstract

Refinement in cage design are described that improve personnelsafety and routine husbandry procedures. It is difficult to observe animals in the bottom cages due to insufficient lighting. Flashlights can increase visualization in this situation. New cage specifications are designed to admit light through a bar opening in the upper half of the rear cages.

Published
2001

Animal Type
Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
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Citation
Reasinger, D. J., Rogers, J. R. 2001. Ideas of improving living conditions of non-human primates by improving cage design. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 40(4), 89 (Abstract).

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