Environmental Enrichment

Enrichment options: Variations from the norm

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Savastano, G. 2004. Enrichment options: Variations from the norm. Animal Keepers' Forum 31(4), 153-155.

Cage enrichment for galagos: A cautionary tale

The three conditions evaluated in the new facility were (in temporal order): (1) double cage size with the minimal furnishings listed above (DM), (2) double cage size with enriched furnishings (DE), and (3) single cage size with enriched furnishings (SE)....

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Schaefer, M. S., Nash, L. T. 2004. Cage enrichment for galagos: A cautionary tale. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 43(1), 1-5.

Common husbandry-related variables in biomedical research with animals

The barren primary enclosure is an abnormal living environment for laboratory animals. Species-appropriate enrichment attenuates some of the distress resulting from chronic understimulation. Social deprivation distress of individually-caged social animals is best mitigated by the provision of compatible companionship. Biotelemetry...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 2004. Common husbandry-related variables in biomedical research with animals. Laboratory Animals 38, 213-235.

Rolling around enrichment

Monkeys have responded well to these rolling tubes filled with various food items.

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rawlins, J. M. 2004. Rolling around enrichment. Tech Talk [The Newsletter for Laboratory Animal Science Technicians] 9(1), 2.

Woven vine balls and baskets as feeding enrichment for howler monkeys

Our results showed that the animals spent more time foraging when the feeder balls were used [compared to the baskets], since it was more difficult to reach the leaves. The monkeys also explored each of the baskets and stopped spending...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Prist. P., Pizzutto, C. S., Hashimoto, C. 2004. Woven vine balls and baskets as feeding enrichment for howler monkeys. Shape of Enrichment 14(2), 1-2.

Animal welfare and enrichment: A preference study in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

In general, the results showed that the monkeys choose much less than expected between fruits cut and presented as usual in an open dish and fruit inserted as a whole in a pointed branch. When choosing a particual enrichment, it...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Manciocco, A., Puopolo, M., Vitale, A. 2004. Animal welfare and enrichment: A preference study in the common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Folia Primatologica 75(Supplement 1), 297-298. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

Environmental enrichment improves cognition in aged Alzheimer’s transgenic mice despite stable beta-amyloid deposition

Environmental enrichment (EE) has been shown to improve cognitive performance and brain indices of cognition in normal mice and rats. .. Beginning at 16 months of age, APPsw mice were put into EE or standard housing for 4 months and...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Arendash, G. W., Garcia, M. F., Costa, D. A. et al. 2004 . Environmental enrichment improves cognition in aged Alzheimer's transgenic mice despite stable beta-amyloid deposition. Neuroreport 15 , 1751-1754.

Environmental enrichment techniques in non-human primates

Suggestions for improving the welfare of common marmosets are presented both in terms of social life and physical environment. Background information is given on the ecology and behavior of common marmosets in the wild. It should be stressed that in...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Vitale, A., Manciocco, A. 2004. Environmental enrichment techniques in non-human primates. The case of Callitrichids. Annali dell' Istituto Superiore di Sanit? 40(2), 181-186.

Environmental Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates

This document outlines the Primate Environmental Enrichment Program (PEEP) developed for the University fo Michigan. The program is designed to promote the psychological well-being of nonhuman primates (NHP) used in research and to provide opportunities for NHPs to engage in...

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: University of Michigan, A. A. M. 2004. Environmental Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates.

Computer-assisted enrichment for zoo-housed orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)

The study of environmental enrichment has identified a variety of effective forms of enrichment, but there are widespread problems associated with their use. Few forms of enrichment are cognitively challenging, and even the most effective often result in rapid habituation....

Year Published: 2004Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Tarou, L. R., Kuhar, C. W., Adcock, D. et al. 2004. Computer-assisted enrichment for zoo-housed orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus). Animal Welfare 13, 445-453.