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Nursery rearing provides many benefits to the scientist, such as easy access to animals; greater uniformity in rearing conditions involving temperature, diet, social conditions, etc.; and reduced exposure to pathogens that might affect research results. A number of studies focusing on both behavioral and physiological processes, however, have suggested that nursery-raised animals differ from animals raised in a richer social and physical environment. Differences have been found for behavioral measures (Champoux et al., 1991), immunological measures (Lubach et al., 1995), hematological measures (Shannon et al., 1998). Many of these data are reviewed elsewhere in this volume (see Chapters 5, 9, and 12).
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Capitanio, J.P., Mason, W.A., Mendoza, S.P., DelRosso, L., Roberts, J.A. (2006). Nursery Rearing and Biobehavioral Organization. In: Sackett, G.P., Ruppentahal, G.C., Elias, K. (eds) Nursery Rearing of Nonhuman Primates in the 21st Century. Developments in Primatology: Progress and Prospects. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-25640-5_11
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