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| Vilela,Janice de M. V.; Miranda-Vilela,Ana L.; Stasieniuk,Erika Von Z.; Alves,Gabriela M.; Machado,Felipe N.; Ferreira,Walter M.; Saad,Flávia M. de O. B.; Machado,Paulo A. R.; Coelho,Camila C. G. M.; Silva,Natascha A. M. da. |
| Stereotyped behaviors in captive primates are often caused by unsuitable conditions. Environmental enrichment has been used to reduce these behaviors, and also to increase the frequency of behaviors appropriate to the species. In this pilot study we evaluated whether behavioral enrichment influences food intake by the black tufted-ear marmoset, Callithrix penicillata (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1812), by calculating energy maintenance requirements. We evaluated 16 individually housed, healthy adult black tufted-ear marmosets, randomly divided into two treatment groups, one with behavioral enrichment and one without. The enrichment techniques included structural aspects, such as placing fixed and mobile objects in the cage and supplying dry foods in an... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Animal welfare; Energy; Nutrition; Maintenance. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702012000100001 |
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