Environmental Enrichment

Environmental enrichment research in a chimpanzee laboratory: Relevance to the Chimpanzoo program

A review of selected chimpanzee enrichment articles.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bloomsmith, M. A. 1992. Environmental enrichment research in a chimpanzee laboratory: Relevance to the Chimpanzoo program. ChimpanZoo Conference Proceedings, 49-54.

The use of artificial turf as a foraging substrate for individually housed rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

In this study artificial turf was used as the substrate for a particulate food given to the subjects as an environmental enrichment technique. When their cages were not enriched, eight single-caged subjects exhibited abnormal behaviors approximately 37% of the time....

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bayne, K., Dexter, S. L., Mainzer H et al. 1992. The use of artificial turf as a foraging substrate for individually housed rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Animal Welfare 1, 39-53.

Nonhuman Primates: Environmental Enrichment (Slide Series With Commentary)

A slide series with commentary, introducing the need for environmental enrichment, to enable the viewer to recommend environmental enrichment options that may be appropriate for the primates in their care, and to provide guidelines for monitoring nonhuman primate behaviors that...

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bayne, K. 1992. Nonhuman Primates: Environmental Enrichment (Slide Series With Commentary). Health Sciences Center for Educational Resources University of Washington, Seattle, WA.

Environmental enrichment influences on body weight, feathering, food condition and behaviour of caged white leghorn hens

Novel objects, providing a diversity of tactile, visual, and auditory stimuli, hung in front of one row of caged within reach of the caged hens, improved foot and feather conditions. Enriched hens were more confident in a novel environment.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Church, J. S., Tennessen, T., Webster, A. B. 1992. Environmental enrichment influences on body weight, feathering, food condition and behaviour of caged white leghorn hens. Journal of Animal Science 70(Supplement 1), 175 (Abstract).

Sustaining captive primate `natural’ behavior via psychological enrichment

Valuable recommendations for the enrichment of environment for captive primates.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Clark, B. 1992. Sustaining captive primate `natural' behavior via psychological enrichment. Proceedings of the National Conference of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) 17, 123-145.

Environmental enrichment strategies for baboons

Toys and swings were used predominantly by single-housed juveniles in gang cages.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Choi, G. C., Canfield, R. W., Hall, E. C. et al. 1992. Environmental enrichment strategies for baboons. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 31(4), 6 (Abstract).

Enriching the lives of captive primates

The author reviews improvements in the behavioral management of a colony of captive chimpanzees at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research. Environmental enrichment techniques, such as providing increased opportunities for physical, sensory, and feeding stimulation, as well as improvements in...

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Brent, L. 1992. Enriching the lives of captive primates. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 6, 371-373.

Signs of enrichment

Chimpanzees were provided with a wide variety of things to do

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bodamer, M. D. 1992. Signs of enrichment. ChimpanZoo Conference Proceedings, 77-90.

Effects of environmental enrichment on growing pigs

Environmental enrichment [chains, foot-ball, tire, straw, concrete block] for group-housed pigs increased daily weight gains and decreased belly-nosing.

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Horrell, I. 1992. Effects of environmental enrichment on growing pigs. Animal Production 54, 483 (Abstract).

Effects of environmental enrichment and gentle handling on behaviour and fear responses of transported broilers

Enriched/handled birds were more active in their home pens than control animals. ..The most fearful birds were those which had been enriched [fabric squares, plastic rings, grass, perches, etc.] and handled, whilst the least fearful bird were enriched but not...

Year Published: 1992Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HandlingAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Nicol, C. J. 1992. Effects of environmental enrichment and gentle handling on behaviour and fear responses of transported broilers. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 33, 367-380.