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Use of enclosures with functional vertical space by captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) involved in biomedical research (2006)

Clarence, W. M., Scott, J. P., Dorris, M. C. et al.

Abstract

The monkeys visited more often and occupied for longer time regions at or above human eye level [perches and top home cage] than lower regions. The total percentage of time spent in the top home cage was found to be significantly greater than in the bottom home cage.

Published
2006

Animal Type
Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
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Citation
Clarence, W. M., Scott, J. P., Dorris, M. C. et al. 2006. Use of enclosures with functional vertical space by captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) involved in biomedical research. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science] 45(5), 31-34.

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