Environmental Enrichment

The Environmental Enrichment Committee

Although many enrichment strategies have been used prior to the formation of the committee, having the facility director formally authorize the committee gave the members credibility with the Principle Investigators, resources for program development, and time allotments for meetings and...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Steward, K. L. 2002. The Environmental Enrichment Committee. Proceedings of the World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, 106 (Abstract).

Effects of social manipulations and environmental enrichment on behavior and cell-mediated immune responses in rhesus macaques

In general, enrichment of the inanimate environment with toys, structures, foraging devices, and/or videotapes increased the amount of species-typical behavior expressed by the monkeys, but did not affect their immune responses. Housing monkeys socially, on the other hand, not only...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schapiro, S. J. 2002. Effects of social manipulations and environmental enrichment on behavior and cell-mediated immune responses in rhesus macaques. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior 73, 271-278.

Providing enrichment for Louis the orangutan

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Takacs, R. 2002. Providing enrichment for Louis the orangutan. The Shape of Enrichment 11(1), 10-11.

Vasectomies as part of an environmental enrichment plan for primates

Pair housing following vasectomy has also been implemented for adult male [rhesus] macaques that engaged in self-injurious behavior (SIB). The incidence of SIB was significantly decreased or eliminated following these interventions.

Year Published: 2002Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Weed, J. L., Byrum, R., Parrish, S. et al. 2002. Vasectomies as part of an environmental enrichment plan for primates. American Journal of Primatology 57, 41 (Abstract).

Responses to novel foods in captive chimpanzees

Since novel stimuli provide sensory stimulation and elicit exploration and social interest, occasional presentation of novel foods could be a promising and cheap device for feeding enrichment.

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Visalberghi, E., Yamakoshi, M. M., Hirata, S. et al. 2002. Responses to novel foods in captive chimpanzees. Zoo Biology 21, 539-548.

The importance of an enriched hospital environment

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental Enrichment

Citation: Van Lierop, M., Ewart-Phipps, L. 2002. The importance of an enriched hospital environment. The Shape of Enrichment 11(4), 6-7.

Social enrichment in two white crowned mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus lunulatus) at the Bioparco in Rome

Pair formation of a female and male induced changes in the frequency of the daily activities and of the abnormal behaviour shown by one subject.

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Trocini, S., Tami, G., Diverio, S. et al. 2002. Social enrichment in two white crowned mangabeys (Cercocebus torquatus lunulatus) at the Bioparco in Rome. Folia Primatologica 73(6), 319. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

Feeding enrichment for red-handed tamarins

Access to a 'feeding basket' [stuffed with straw mixed with their normal feed and hung from a perch] and suspended sticks smeared with acacia gum increased feeding activities while reducing the incidence of stereotypy [primarily somersaulting], hyperactivity, coprophagy and excessive...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Taylor, T. D. 2002. Feeding enrichment for red-handed tamarins. The Shape of Enrichment 11(2), 1-3.

Rodent environmental enrichment – animal welfare or human feel-good factor

This article discusses environmental enrichment for rodents, mainly mice and rats housed in conventional caging, in U.K. research facilities. Environmental enrichment should allow and encourage animals to perform normal behavioural patterns. Cage furniture cannot be a substitute for poor quality...

Year Published: 2002Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Applebee, K. A. 2002. Rodent environmental enrichment - animal welfare or human feel-good factor. Animal Technology and Welfare 1(2), 65-69.

Environmental enrichment lowers stress-responsive hormones in singly housed male and female rats

This study examined the physiological effects of environmental enrichment (EE) with Kong Toys and Nestlets on stress-responsive hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis under basal and mild stress conditions in singly housed, jugular vein-cannulated, male and female rats. Animals of...

Year Published: 2003Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Belz, E. E., Kennell, J. S., Czambel, R. K. et al. 2003. Environmental enrichment lowers stress-responsive hormones in singly housed male and female rats. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior 76, 481-486.