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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778761903321

Titolo

The psychological well-being of nonhuman primates [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998

ISBN

0-309-17650-6

1-282-08114-4

9786612081149

0-309-52072-X

0-585-02549-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (182 p.)

Disciplina

599.8/01/9

Soggetti

Primates as laboratory animals

Primates - Psychology

Animal welfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-141) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Principles of Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates""; ""2 Essentials of a Program to Provide Psychological Well-Being""; ""3 General Care and Psychological Well-Being""; ""4 Effect of Special Research Conditions on Psychological Well-Being""; ""5 Prosimians""; ""6 New World Monkeys: Callitrichids""; ""7 New World Monkeys: Cebids""; ""8 Old World Monkeys: Cercopithecids""; ""9 Apes: Hominoids""; ""10 Research Needs""; ""References""

""A Samples of Nonhuman-Primate Environmental-Enhancement Plans""""B Examples of Infectious Diseases That Preclude the Safe Housing of Mixed Genera of Nonhuman Primates1""; ""C Biographical Sketches of Authoring Committee""; ""Index""