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Straw and forage material ameliorate abnormal behaviors in adult chimpanzees (1997)

Baker, K. C.

Abstract

In an [successful] effort to reduce abnormal behaviors, especially regurgitation and reingestion, and promote higher activity levels [locomoting and playing], straw and scattered forage material were added to the enclosures of 13 indoor-housed chimpanzees living in pairs and trios.

Published
1997

Animal Type
Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate
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Citation
Baker, K. C. 1997. Straw and forage material ameliorate abnormal behaviors in adult chimpanzees. Zoo Biology 16, 225-236.

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