Environmental Enrichment

The effect of feeding enrichment on the Moloch gibbon (Hylobates Moloch)

Study concluded that feeding devices may offer a viable form of environmental enrichment.

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Gibbon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wells, D. L., Irwin, R. M. 2009. The effect of feeding enrichment on the Moloch gibbon (Hylobates Moloch). Applied Animal Welfare Science 12, 21-29.

Toward a predictive theory for environmental enrichment

There have been many applications of and successes with environmental enrichment for captive animals. The theoretical spine upon which much enrichment work hangs largely describes why enrichment should work. Yet, there remains no clear understanding of how enrichment should be...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Watters, J. V. 2009. Toward a predictive theory for environmental enrichment. Zoo Biology 28, 609-622.

Efficacy of auditory enrichment in a prosimian primate (Otolemur garnettii)

Neither stereotypy nor grooming varied as a result of exposure to music.

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hanbury, D. B., Fontenot, M. B., Highfill, L. E. et al. 2009. Efficacy of auditory enrichment in a prosimian primate (Otolemur garnettii). Lab Animal 38(4), 122-125.

Assessment of efficacy of three types of foraging enrichment in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Rhesus macaques housed indoors in captivity commonly display abnormal behaviors that are rarely seen in their wild counterparts. These behaviors include stereotypic behaviors and self-abuse. These behaviors are often seen as signs of poor welfare, due to stressors in the...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Gottlieb, D. H., Tatum, L., Ghirardo, S. et al. 2009. Assessment of efficacy of three types of foraging enrichment in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 71(S1), 33. (32nd Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists Scientific Program, Abstract #13)

The Effects of Exposure to an Expanded Environmental Enrichment Program on Select Individual Behaviors in Baboons

In our laboratory, we had often discussed our desire to create an area in which our singly housed, adult male baboons could be released to exercise. The opportunity to do so arose when an environmental enrichment grant from the Center...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Relocation & Transport, Welfare AssessmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Goodwin, A. K., James, S. A., Lane, K. E. et al. 2009. The Effects of Exposure to an Expanded Environmental Enrichment Program on Select Individual Behaviors in Baboons. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 48(3), 1-7.

Wood as an enrichment device for primates

Our facility houses approximately 300 cynomolgus macaques. Providing stimulating environmental enrichment for them without unreasonably increasing staff time can be challenging. Our current enrichment program includes multiple toys, mirrors, forage trays, sound machines, music, videos, and a variety of fruits,...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Gallucci, P., Cliett, M. L., Stewart, A. 2009. Wood as an enrichment device for primates. Tech Talk [The Newsletter for Laboratory Animal Science Technicians] 14(2), 1-2.

Does simple feeding enrichment raise activity levels of captive ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)

Feeding enrichment is a commonly proposed way to promote natural behavior, greater activity levels and improved health in captive primates, but in many cases the methods have not been formally tested, especially for particular groups such as lemurs. We investigated...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Lemur, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dishman, D. L., Thomson, D. M., Karnovsky, N. J. 2009. Does simple feeding enrichment raise activity levels of captive ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 116, 88-95.

Transgenerational rescue of a genetic defect in long-term potentiation and memory formation by juvenile enrichment

The idea that qualities acquired from experience can be transmitted to future offspring has long been considered incompatible with current understanding of genetics. However, the recent documentation of non-Mendelian transgenerational inheritance makes such a Lamarckian -like phenomenon more plausible. Here,...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Arai, J. A., Li, S., Hartley, D. M. et al. 2009. Transgenerational rescue of a genetic defect in long-term potentiation and memory formation by juvenile enrichment. Journal of Neuroscience 29, 1496-1502.

Hose as an environmental enrichment toy for laboratory swine (Sus scrofa)

It was suggested that hoses are a suitable, safe addition to a swine enrichment program.

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Allison, S. O., Pohle, K. M. 2009. Hose as an environmental enrichment toy for laboratory swine (Sus scrofa). American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 121 (Abstract).

Sensory stimulation as environmental enrichment for captive animals: A review

In the wild, animals are exposed to an ever-changing array of sensory stimuli. The captive environment, by contrast, is generally much more impoverished in terms of the sensory cues it offers the animals housed within. In a bid to remedy...

Year Published: 2009Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Wells, D. L. 2009. Sensory stimulation as environmental enrichment for captive animals: A review. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 118, 1-12.