Environmental Enrichment

Environmental enrichment for laboratory marmosets

A variety of foraging and inanimate enrichment devices are described and two of them tested. The foraging experiment [using a Foraging Tree constructed of PCV tubes] resulted in a much more natural way of searching for food. ... Although the...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Byron, J. K., Bodri, M. S. 2001. Environmental enrichment for laboratory marmosets. Lab Animal 30(8).

Behavioral and environmental enrichment of individually housed chimpanzees

Ways to eliminate or reduce the need for individual caging, through housing changes, operant conditioning, and other procedures, are described. For situations in which individual caging cannot be avoided, an enhanced environmental enrichment program is necessary and some guidelines are...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brent, L. 2001. Behavioral and environmental enrichment of individually housed chimpanzees. In: Special Topics in Primatology Volume 2 - The Care and Management of Captive Chimpanzees. Brent, L. (ed.), 146-171. The American Society of Primatologists, San Antonio, TX.

Behavior and environmental enrichment

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental Enrichment

Citation: Boere, V. 2001. Behavior and environmental enrichment. In: Biology, Medicine, and Surgery of South American Wild Animals. Fowler, M. E. , Cubas, Z. S. (eds), 263-267. Iowa State University Press, Ames, IO.

Enrichment of laboratory rat caging

Social contact seems to be the most important enrichment. Rats show higher demand for contact with three familiar rats, than for larger cages or toys. .. Rats show T-maze preferences for larger cages whether alone or with four cage-mates. .....

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Patterson-Kane, E. G., van de Ven, M., Ras, T. 2001. Enrichment of laboratory rat caging . American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 106 (Abstract).

Therepeutic effects of environmental enrichment on cognitive function and tissue integrity following severe traumatic brain injury in rats

These results indicate that noninvasive environmental stimulation is beneficial in attenuating cognitive deficits and preserving tissue integrity in a TBI model which causes cerebral contusion and cell death.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Passineau, M. J., Green, E. J., Dietrich, W. D. 2001. Therepeutic effects of environmental enrichment on cognitive function and tissue integrity following severe traumatic brain injury in rats. Experimantal Neurology 168, 373-384.

Practical environmental enrichment for rats and mice (The results of a survey)

The overall aim of this report is .. to share best practice and offer some suggestions as to what can be done to improve the quality of life for the animals in our care.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Mortell, N. 2001. Practical environmental enrichment for rats and mice (The results of a survey). Animal Technology 52, 1-19.

Environmental enrichment for zoo and domestic cats

Attention is [also] directed towards methods that could be used to enhance the day to day life of domestic cats held in captivity.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Cat

Citation: Law, G., Grahm, D., McGowan, P. 2001. Environmental enrichment for zoo and domestic cats. Animal Technology 52, 155-163.

The effect of a Freedom Food enrichment on the behaviour of broilers on commercial farms

The effect of an environmental enrichment - straw bales - on the behaviour of growing broiler chicks was investigated. ... The birds provided with bales perched on them and clustered around them. The most striking result, however, was that, even...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Kells, A., Dawkins, M. S., Borja, M. C. 2001. The effect of a Freedom Food enrichment on the behaviour of broilers on commercial farms. Animal Welfare 10, 347-356.

Basic consideration for planning enrichment

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental Enrichment

Citation: Jackson, M. G. 2001. Basic consideration for planning enrichment. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Hare, V. J., Worley, K. E., Myers, K. (eds), 33-39. The Shape of Enrichment, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Environmental enrichment and husbandry of the MPTP-treated common marmoset

One disadvantage of isosexual pairing that we have encountered is that temporary separation of the pair (e.g. for behavioural monitoring) can precipitate fighting on re-introduction. If this occurs we have found that a gradual re-association process, utilising adjacent cages to...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jackson, M. J. 2001. Environmental enrichment and husbandry of the MPTP-treated common marmoset. Animal Technology(21-28).