Meeting the social space requirements of pair-housed primates (2000)

Reinhardt, V., Reinhardt, A.

Abstract

Social space is the space required by a subordinate partner to buffer potential social tension, by increasing the distance to a dominant counterpart. At a minimum, pair-housed animals should be allocated at least twice the cage space that is legally required for single-housing. The privacy panel also reduces the subordinate animal's need for social space by making it possible to quickly get out of the dominant's sight.