The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates

The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates provides a wealth of specific and useful information about the psychological attributes and needs of the most widely used and exhibited nonhuman primates. Produced by the Committee on well-being of non-human primates, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council, USA.

Table of Contents: Front Matter; Executive Summary; Introduction; 1 Principles of Psychological Well-Being of Nunhuman 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; Appendix A: Samples of Nonhuman- Primate Environmental-Enhancement Plans; Appendix B: Examples of Infectious Diseases That Preclude the Safe Housing of Mixed Genera of Nonhuman Primates; Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Authoring Committee; Index.

184 pages, 1998. Paperback & eBook. Read free online. Published by the National Academies Press. AAALAC International cites these guidelines as one of its reference resources. Download from AAALAC as a pdf file. A review of this book is available in Laboratory Animals, October 1999, Volume 33 (4), pages 403-404.

ISBN: 0-309-52072-X.

Price: Paperback: $71.00, eBook: $54.99