Environmental Enrichment

Behavioural consequences of environmental enrichment in two strains of mice

It is concluded that environmental enrichment has an effect on the behaviour of mice.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Van de Weerd, H. A., Baumans, V., Blom, H. J. M. et al. 1994. Behavioural consequences of environmental enrichment in two strains of mice. In: Proceedings of the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations [FELASA] Symposium. Bunyan, J. (ed), 49-53. Royal Society of Medicine Press, London, UK.

Environmental enrichment and its effect on performance of nursery age grower pigs

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Spitzfaden, D. M., Hitchcock, J. P. 1994. Environmental enrichment and its effect on performance of nursery age grower pigs. Journal of Dairy Science 77(Supplement 1), 209 (Abstract).

Recycling Paper – Ideas for Environmental Enrichment for Primates

Our solution was to wrap the food up in sheets of used A4 paper. This meant that the primates had to unwrap and strip the paper from the food. .. Also, we used scrap paper, the enrichment costs nothing but...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Farmer, K. H., Young, R. J. 1994. Recycling paper. Ideas for environmental enrichment for primates. RATEL (Journal of the Association of British Wild Animal Keepers) 21(6), 202-203.

Enhancement of laboratory environments for primates: Effective enrichment and innovative enclosures for biomedical research

The provision of objects such as commercially available toys for pet dogs was found to be highly effective in reducing rates of self-directed abnormal behavior or completely eliminating it. No data are included in this abstract.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Erwin, J. 1994. Enhancement of laboratory environments for primates: Effective enrichment and innovative enclosures for biomedical research. Congress of the International Primatological Society, 157 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment for non-human primates

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Elliot, B., Cook, S. 1994. Environmental enrichment for non-human primates. Canadian Association of Laboratory Animal Science Newsletter 28(2), 36 & 38-40.

Challenges (double title)

An inanimate enrichment program for a single-housed gibbon is described.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Gibbon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: DuBois, T. 1994. Challenges (double title). The Shape of Enrichment 3(3), 13.

Behavioral profiles of chimpanzees in spacious biocontainment suites: Pairing, proximity, and play

Juvenile chimpanzees involved in infectious disease research were systematically observed to monitor the effectiveness of an environmental enrichment program.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Landon, K., Weed, J., Erwin, J. 1994. Behavioral profiles of chimpanzees in spacious biocontainment suites: Pairing, proximity, and play. American Journal of Primatology 33, 222 (Abstract).

A grass foraging device for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

In the wild, chimpanzees spend most of their time foraging, so any device that stimulates this behaviour in captivity could potentially be effective enrichment. A simple grass foraging device constructed of a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe cut in half lengthwise...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lambeth, S. P., Bloomsmith, M. A. 1994. A grass foraging device for captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Animal Welfare 3, 13-24.

Recycled plastic cages and environmental enrichment devices

Although the production and use of recycled plastic lumber is still in its infancy, our experience indicates that this is an ideal material for the construction of environmental enrichment devices for monkeys ... especially in outdoor facilities and zoological collections.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Baboon, Capuchin, Macaque, Marmoset, Other Nonhuman Primate, Owl Monkey, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Kessler, M. J., Nieves, P., Bercovitch, R. et al. 1994. Recycled plastic cages and environmental enrichment devices. Lab Animal 23(9), 56-58.

Rate of habituation to an enrichment device by rhesus macaques with lesions of the entorthinal cortex, hippocampal formation, or parahippocampal gyrus

Significant differences were found in the rate of habituation [to a rubber ball serving as enrichment] between animals with entorhinal or hippocampal lesions and normal control animals. This study addresses the special needs of monkeys with experimental cortical lesions and...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Johnson, E. C., Killiany, R. J., Moss, M. B. 1994. Rate of habituation to an enrichment device by rhesus macaques with lesions of the entorthinal cortex, hippocampal formation, or parahippocampal gyrus. American Journal of Primatology 33, 218-219.