Environmental Enrichment

Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates

This books serves as an introduction to the basic behavior and environmental enrichment. In baboons boredom, stress and, ultimately, problem behavior may result from confinement in small enclosures, lack of enrichment activities, solitary housing ... Examples of abnormal behavior patterns...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) 2006. Enrichment for Nonhuman Primates. Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, Bethesda, MD.

Enriching nonhuman primates using colored dolls

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Ocon, A., Frase, B. A. 2006. Enriching nonhuman primates using colored dolls. Shape of Enrichment 15(1).

Owl monkey enrichment ideas

One enrichment item we use is a small suet basket. We place pieces of fresh fruits, dried fruits, nuts, and ice cubes inside the basket and hang it inside the cages and kennels. The holes in the suet basket are...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey

Citation: Nishimura, S. 2006. Owl monkey enrichment ideas. Tech Talk [The Newsletter for Laboratory Animal Science Technicians] 11(1).

Using recycled barrel swings vs. Prima-Hedrons in primate enclosures

To document the utility of using recycled barrel swings vs. Prima-Hedrons as enrichment objects, we observed a socially housed group of 28 tufted capuchins (Cebus apella). .. We found no significant difference in the average frequency of use of hanging...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Capuchin, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Millere, K. E., Laszlo, K., Suomi, S. J. 2006. Using recycled barrel swings vs. Prima-Hedrons in primate enclosures. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 45(3), 12.

Enrichment and aggression in primates

There is considerable evidence that primates housed under impoverished conditions develop behavioural abnormalities, including, in the most extreme example, self-harming behaviour. This has implications for all contexts in which primates are maintained in captivity from laboratories to zoos since by...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Honess, P. E., Marin, C. M. 2006. Enrichment and aggression in primates. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 30, 413-346.

A note on the effect of auditory stimulation on the behaviour and welfare of zoo-housed gorillas

Auditory stimulation has long been employed as a form of therapy for humans and animals housed in institutions. Its effect on one of our closest-living relatives, the gorilla, however, is largely unknown. This study explored the effect of auditory stimulation...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wells, D. L., Coleman, D., Challis, M. G. 2006. A note on the effect of auditory stimulation on the behaviour and welfare of zoo-housed gorillas. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 100(3-4), 327-332.

Scientific approaches to enrichment and stereotypies in zoo animals: what’s been done and where should we go next?

The zoo scientific community was among the first to focus attention on captivity-induced stereotypic behaviors, their causes, and methods of eradication. Environmental enrichment has emerged recently as the main husbandry tool for tackling this problem. An increasing number of research...

Year Published: 2006Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Swaisgood, R. R., Shepherdson, D. J. 2006. Scientific approaches to enrichment and stereotypies in zoo animals: what's been done and where should we go next? Zoo Biology 24, 499-518.

Environmental enrichment objects for the improvement of locomotion of caged rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Juveniles used the mobile objects [treadmill and rotating barrel] more than the adults. Due to the increase in locomotion, the amount of time spent in aggressive behavior significantly decreased.

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Plesker, R., Heller-Schmidth, J., Hackbarth, H. 2006. Environmental enrichment objects for the improvement of locomotion of caged rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Laboratory Primate Newsletter 45(1), 7-10.

Noise exposure, music, and animal in the laboratory: A commentary based on Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (LAREF) discussions

Evidence supports the use of quiet music during nonhuman animals' activity periods, if this practice is introduced with an awareness of the risks to welfare and research.

Year Published: 2006Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Patterson-Kane, E. G., Farnworth, M. J. 2006. Noise exposure, music, and animal in the laboratory: A commentary based on Laboratory Animal Refinement and Enrichment Forum (LAREF) discussions. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 9, 327-332.

Feeding enrichment for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): twenty year later

Year Published: 2007Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bloomsmith, M. A. 2007. Feeding enrichment for chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes): twenty year later. American Journal of Primatology 69(Supplement), 124 [Abstract].