Environmental Enrichment

Influence of an environmental enrichment device on general behavior and appetite in rhesus macaques

The enrichment device requires little maintenance, and most monkeys learn to use it with no training. No data are included in this abstract.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Line, S. W., Houghton, P. 1987. Influence of an environmental enrichment device on general behavior and appetite in rhesus macaques. Laboratory Animal Science 37, 508 (Abstract).

An attempt at behavioral enrichment for a captive male lowland gorilla

An attempt was made to overcome the lethargic behavior of a singly housed male gorilla. The animal was provided with a plastic ball and burlap bags, and his food was intermixed with hay in order to encourage foraging behavior. Behavioral...

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Glassman, D. M., Buttler, S. J., Willis, F. B. et al. 1987. An attempt at behavioral enrichment for a captive male lowland gorilla. American Journal of Primatology 12, 344 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment for captive primates and foxes

Some enrichment options for chimpanzees and orangutans are mentioned.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate, Other Animal, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Dow, S. M. 1987. Environmental enrichment for captive primates and foxes. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 18, 383-384 (Abstract).

Preliminary comments on environmental enrichment with branches for individually caged rhesus monkeys

The branches not only were attractive to the majority (87%) of [single-housed] animals but they were also inexpensive and easy to install and to clean.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V., Houser, W. D., Cowley, D. et al. 1987. Preliminary comments on environmental enrichment with branches for individually caged rhesus monkeys. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 26(1), 1-3.

Enriching the lives of primates in captivity

A summary of basic environmental enrichement for group-housed rhesus macaques. The essence of the social primate is lost under the stresses of the nonsocial condition.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Human-Animal Interaction, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill, P. L. 1987. Enriching the lives of primates in captivity. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 1, 1-5.

Caging of laboratory monkeys: Alternative to isolation housing in small cages

A case study of one pair of rhesus macaques.

Year Published: 1987Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Segal, E. F. 1987. Caging of laboratory monkeys: Alternative to isolation housing in small cages. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 1, 6.

Environmental enrichment for confinement pigs

Pigs have definite toy preferences. If a ball rolls into the manure they will no longer play with it. This is why we used suspended from the ceiling. Then the young pigs are given a choice between hanging chains, cloth...

Year Published: 1988Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Grandin, T. 1988. Environmental enrichment for confinement pigs. Livestock Handling Committee Proceedings of the 1988 Annual Meeting, Kansas City, Missouri.

Place preferences of Japanese quail given a permanent choice between a social or a non-social but enriched situation

Year Published: 1988Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Bird, Fowl

Citation: Francois, B., Mills, A. D., Faure, J. M. 1988. Place preferences of Japanese quail given a permanent choice between a social or a non-social but enriched situation. Behavioural Processes 43, 163-170.

Basic factors in enrichment

Enrichment literature is reviewed and the concept of psychological space discussed.

Year Published: 1988Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S. 1988. Basic factors in enrichment. Primate Eye 34, 7 (Abstract).

Effects of different environmental enrichment devices on cage stereotypies and autoaggression in captive cynomolgus monkeys

Autoaggression and stereotypies in individually housed cynomolgus monkeys were compared in a standard primate cage and an enriched playpen environment. Stereotypy and autoaggression were markedly reduced in the playpen, but reappeared on return to the home cage. Some of the...

Year Published: 1988Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bryant, C. E., Rupniak, N. M. J., Iversen, S. D. 1988. Effects of different environmental enrichment devices on cage stereotypies and autoaggression in captive cynomolgus monkeys. Journal of Medical Primatology 17(5), 257-269.