Environmental Enrichment

Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates: Baboons

Excellent introduction to species-adequate enrichment for baboons.

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brent, L. , Butler, T. M. 2005. Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates: Baboons. Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Bethesda, MD.

Modifying the behaviour of singly caged baboons: evaluating the effectiveness of four enrichment techniques

Seven singly caged adolescent [mean age: 4.2 years] male baboons were studied. Analysis of baseline behaviour verified substantial durations of abnormal behaviour [9.8/30- min observations (33% of time)]. We tested the effectiveness of ... positive reinforcement training (PRT), food enrichment...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bourgeois, S. R., Brent, L. 2005. Modifying the behaviour of singly caged baboons: evaluating the effectiveness of four enrichment techniques. Animal Welfare 14, 71-81.

Behavioral management of chimpanzees in biomedical research facilities

The current status of the behavioral management of chimpanzees housed in US research facilities is examined, and recent advances are described. Behavioral management includes the application of environmental enrichment, animal training, and environmental design for improving animal welfare. Authors surveyed...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Animal Training, Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bloomsmith, M. A., Else, J. G. 2005. Behavioral management of chimpanzees in biomedical research facilities. ILAR Journal 46(2), 192-201.

Mandatory enriched housing of laboratory animals: The need for evidence-based evaluation

Environmental enrichment for laboratory animals has come to be viewed as a potential method for improving animal well-being in addition to its original sense as a paradigm for learning how experience molds the brain. It is suggested that the term...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Benefiel, A. C., Dong, W. K., Greenough, W. T. 2005. Mandatory enriched housing of laboratory animals: The need for evidence-based evaluation. ILAR Journal 46(2), 95-105.

Room to hop

Practical enrichment possibilities for group-housed rabbits are described.

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Down, N. 2005. Room to hop. Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) Quarterly 54(4), 17-18.

Pigeons used in research: From barren single-housing to an enriched environment

Single-caged pigeons were successfully transferred to compatible group-housing.

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Bird, Other Bird

Citation: Conte, A. 2005. Pigeons used in research: From barren single-housing to an enriched environment. AWI Quarterly 54(3) (Summer), 14-15.

Efficacy of four novel enrichment items in outdoor group-housed macacauqe (Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis)

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Coke, C. S., Patel, E. R. 2005. Efficacy of four novel enrichment items in outdoor group-housed macacauqe (Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis): Differences in age, sex, and species classes. American Journal of Primatology 66(Supplement), 177 (Abstract).

Forage box as enrichment in single- and group-housed callitrichid monkeys

When presented with food, common marmosets will more often take it directly into their mouths than use their hands. This might explain why in the conditions where a lid was used, there were fewer forage-related hand movements than might have...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S., Scott, L. 2005. Forage box as enrichment in single- and group-housed callitrichid monkeys. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 44(2), 13-17.

Environmental enrichment for monkeys using plants

Growing the plants was problematic and costly, and did not appear to make a clear and interpretable difference in the behavior of the monkeys. .. A more substantial benefit from the vertical mesh was that a part of the cage...

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S. 2005. Environmental enrichment for monkeys using plants. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 44(2), 1-5.

Effect of environmental enrichment during nutritional rehabilitation onbody growth, blood parameters and cerebral cortical development of rats

Environmental enrichment during nutritional rehabilitation enhancesdendritic branching and thickness of the occipital cortex.

Year Published: 2005Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Carughi, A., Carpenter, K. J., Diamond, M. C. 1989. Effect of environmental enrichment during nutritional rehabilitation onbody growth, blood parameters and cerebral cortical development of rats. Journal of Nutrition 119, 2005-2016.