Environmental Enrichment
Toys for the boys: Environmental enrichment for singly housed adult male macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
Structural enhancements and enrichment toys and devices are listed. The opportunity to chew and tear has also benefited the animals' dental health.
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Brinkman, C. 1996. Toys for the boys: Environmental enrichment for singly housed adult male macaques (Macaca fascicularis). Laboratory Primate Newsletter 35(2), 5-9.
Read MoreThe physiological and behavioral effects of radio music on singly housed baboons
The response of four singly caged baboons to radio music was measured using behavioral and physiological indices. Heart rate and blood pressure, measured through a tether system, as well as behavior, were recorded during a two-week period in which radio...
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Brent, L., Weaver, D. 1996. The physiological and behavioral effects of radio music on singly housed baboons. Journal of Medical Primatology 25(5), 370-374.
Read MoreThe behavioural priorities of laying hens: the effects of two methods of environmental enrichment on time budget
Environmental enrichment and/or feeding from the [woodchips] litter reduces agonistic behaviour and possibly frustration.
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken
Citation: Bubier, N. E. 1996. The behavioural priorities of laying hens: the effects of two methods of environmental enrichment on time budget. Behavioural Processes 37, 239-249.
Read MoreEffect of environmental enrichment and housing density on immune system reactivity to acute exercise stress
Keeping mice in enriched cages rather than barren standard cages seems to enhance immune function. Environmentally enriched mice behave immunologically much like nonstressed animals. Animals in enriched environment showed a less variable, better regulated immune response.
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Stocking DensityAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent
Citation: Kingston, S. G., Hoffman-Goetz, L. 1996. Effect of environmental enrichment and housing density on immune system reactivity to acute exercise stress. Physiology and Behavior 60, 145-150.
Read MoreEnvironmental enrichment for laboratory mice: preferences and consequences
Current laboratory housing systems have mainly been developed on the basis of ergonomic and economic factors. These systems provide adequate, basic physiological requirements of animals, but only marginally fulfill other needs, such as the performance of natural behaviour or social...
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent
Citation: Van de Weerd, H. A. 1996. Environmental enrichment for laboratory mice: preferences and consequences. web site.
Read MoreLaboratory mice persist in gaining access to resources: a method of assessing the importance of environmental features
By using traverses of shallow water in two experiments, it was determined how laboratory mice defended gaining access to feed, shelter, a conspecific or increased space (Experiment 1), and to feed, a running wheel, enrichments ('toys') or deep sawdust (Experiment...
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent
Citation: Sherwin, C. M. 1996. Laboratory mice persist in gaining access to resources: a method of assessing the importance of environmental features. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 48, 203-214.
Read MoreEffects of physical and social environmental enrichment on the behavior of juvenile chimpanzees
No behavioral differences (interaction with physical environment, locomotion, rocking) were found between pair-housed and single-housed animals.
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Landon, K., Erwin, J. 1996. Effects of physical and social environmental enrichment on the behavior of juvenile chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Congress of the International Primatological Society and Conference of the American Society of Primatologists, 680 (Abstract).
Read MoreGoldfish as enrichment for singly housed chimpanzees
The aquarium [with a single goldfish] was attached to the outside of the chimpanzee's cage ... so that the single-caged subject was able to touch the aquarium but not the fish itself. At the conclusion of this study the authors...
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Kessel, A. L., Brent, L. 1996. Goldfish as enrichment for singly housed chimpanzees. Animal Technology 47, 1-8.
Read MoreSpace utilization by captive-born baboons (Papio sp.) before and after provision of structural enrichment
Eight baboon groups (Papio sp.) were observed for over one hundred scan samples both before and after the provision of structural enrichment. Additions to their home-cage included a galvanized ladder suspended horizontally by chains and a plastic drum hung from...
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Kessel, A. L., Brent, L. 1996. Space utilization by captive-born baboons (Papio sp.) before and after provision of structural enrichment. Animal Welfare 5(1), 37-44.
Read MoreRummaging for enrichment ideas
Description of several food dispensers.
Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental Enrichment
Citation: Holsomback, A. 1996. Rummaging for enrichment ideas. The Shape of Enrichment 5(3), 7-8.
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