Environmental Enrichment

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).

Reducing equine stereotypies using an Equiball?

Six horses were given their evening feed in an Equiball. ... A reduction in stereotypic behaviour in five horses, and a small increase in stereotypic behaviour in one horse was observed during enrichment.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Equine

Citation: Henderson, J. V., Waren, N. K. 2001. Reducing equine stereotypies using an Equiball?. Animal Welfare 10, 73-80.

Differential effects of enrichment on learning and memory function in NR2B transgenic mice

Our biochemical experiments showed that enrichment significantly increased protein levels of GluR1, NR2B, and NR2A subunits of glutamate receptors in both wild-type and NR2B Tg mice.

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

Citation: Tang, Y. P., Wang, H., Feng, R. et al. 2001. Differential effects of enrichment on learning and memory function in NR2B transgenic mice. Neuropharmacology 41, 779-790.

Environmental enrichment committee: Its role in program development

The role of the Environmental Enrichment Committee in developing, implementing, assessing and modifying an enrichment program for nonprimates is described and discussed.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Stewart, K. L., Raje, S. S. 2001. Environmental enrichment committee: Its role in program development. Lab Animal 30(8), 50-52.

Developing a rodent enrichment program

A very well designed inanimate enrichment program for rodents in a pharmaceutical facility is described.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Rodent

Citation: Smith, M. M., Hargaden, M. 2001. Developing a rodent enrichment program. Lab Animal 30(8), 36-41.

Enrichment-toy trauma in a New Zealand White Rabbit*

An injury was caused by an enrichment toy (a whiffle ball, which is a perforated hollow ball made of hard plastic) that led to its removal from the rabbit enrichment program. ... The whiffle ball had been considered safe. It...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Shomer, N. H., Peikert, S., Terwilliger, G. 2001. Enrichment-toy trauma in a New Zealand White Rabbit*. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 40 (1), 31-32.

Environmental enrichment in a canine production facility

Enrichment is possible through selective use of materials and creative designs e.g., two-tiered cages interconnected with walk-up ram.Abstract also published in Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 40 (4), 95, 2001.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: Scipioni Ball, R. 2001. Environmental enrichment in a canine production facility. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 106 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment in BALB/c mice: effects in classical tests of anxiety and exposure to a predatory odor

Our results show that EC mice were more active than SC mice in the elevated plus maze and the open field. Thus, possibly as a direct consequence of frequent changes in their breeding conditions, reactivity to a novel environment was...

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

Citation: Roy, V., Belzung, C., Delarue, C. et al. 2001. Environmental enrichment in BALB/c mice: effects in classical tests of anxiety and exposure to a predatory odor. Physiology and Behavior 74, 313-320.

Providing for primate welfare: The zoo perspective

This presentation describes current practices in maintaining primates in Australian zoos, and addresses issues concerning primate welfare. ... Key elements of successful environmental enrichment include providing choice for the animal, providing challenges that are within the capabilities of the individual,...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Embury, A. 2001. Providing for primate welfare: The zoo perspective. Australian Primatology 14(3), 31-38.

Puzzle-feeders as environmental enrichment in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)

The puzzle feeder was presented to three families. Food-related activities were observed more often in the cage with the puzzle-feeder when the animals were hungry.

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

Citation: de Rosa, C., Vitale, A., Puopolo, M. 2001. Puzzle-feeders as environmental enrichment in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). Folia Primatologica 72(3), 131. (Primate Meeting Abstract)