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The concept of animal boredom and its relationship to stereotyped behaviour
It was argued that the abnormal, disintegrated character of stereotyped behaviour provides direct evidence of suffering. I propose that the gradual impairment of an animal's ability to interact with the environment may be conceived as boredom in the early stages...
Year Published: 1993Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Wemelsfelder, F. 1993. The concept of animal boredom and its relationship to stereotyped behaviour. In: Stereotypic Animal Behaviour: Fundamentals and Applications to Animal Welfare. Lawrence, A. B. , Rushen, J. (eds), 65-97. CAB International, Wallingford.
Read MoreOpportunities for environmental enrichment in the laboratory
Some environmental enrichment options are discussed.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Hart, L. A. 1994. Opportunities for environmental enrichment in the laboratory. Lab Animal 23(2), 24-26.
Read MoreNeglected Factors in Pharmacology and Neuroscience Research
Very thorough review and discussion of environmental variables affecting the animal's well-being and the reliability of research data. The physical environment of the experimental animal is in most laboratories determined by long existing, in-house standardized procedures. Already for this reason,...
Year Published: 1994Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Claassen, V. 1994. Neglected Factors in Pharmacology and Neuroscience Research. Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Read MoreEnrichment: Past and future
The future will be directed to cost/benefit analysis and development of theories of enrichment.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Chamove, A. S. 1994. Enrichment: Past and future. Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching [ANZCCART] News 7, 4-5.
Read MoreEffects of environmental enrichment on reproduction
The evidence that environmental enrichment promotes reproduction by reducing stress is mostly implied rather than empirical.
Year Published: 1994Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Carlstead, K., Shepherdson, D. 1994. Effects of environmental enrichment on reproduction. Zoo Biology 13, 447-458.
Read MoreEnvironmental enrichment at the Oakland Zoo
Even the most complex enclosure designs need to be supplemented with enrichment features that can be varied.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Bryant, L. 1994. Environmental enrichment at the Oakland Zoo. American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Regional Conference Proceedings, 183-184.
Read MoreNorth American legislation and regulation of the use of live animals for scientific research
Year Published: 1994Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Dennis, M. B. , Van Joosier, G. L. 1994. North American legislation and regulation of the use of live animals for scientific research. In: Handbook of Laboratory Animal Science Volume 1 - Selection and Handling of Animals in Biomedical Research. Svendsen, P. , Hau, J. (eds), 23-35. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Read MoreAnimal boredom – A model of chronic suffering in captive animals and its consequences for environmental enrichment
Discussion of the term 'animal boredom' and of basic environmental enrichment options for rabbits.
Year Published: 1994Topics: Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General, Rabbit
Citation: Wemelsfelder, F. 1994. Animal boredom - A model of chronic suffering in captive animals and its consequences for environmental enrichment. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 8, 587-591.
Read MoreImproved husbandry systems – an ethological concept
A social partner provides necessary diversion, occupation and probably also feelings of 'safety' and 'security'. In contrast to occupational objects, a partnership creates a repetition of new and unpredictable situations to which the animals must react and on which it...
Year Published: 1994Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Stauffacher, M. 1994. Improved husbandry systems - an ethological concept. In: Proceedings of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations [FELASA] Symposium. Bunyan, J. (ed), 68-73. Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, UK.
Read MoreAnimal care and use: a nonexperimental variable
Year Published: 1994Animal Type: All/General
Citation: Schofield, J. C. , Brown, M. J. 1994. Animal care and use: a nonexperimental variable. In: Essentials for Animal Research: A Primer for Research Personnel - Second Edition . Bennett, B. T., Brown, M. J., Schofield World Wide Web. United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library, Beltville, MD.
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