Environmental Enrichment

Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare

Environmental enrichment caters for the behavioural needs of the animals, and improves their health and welfare as much as any other environmental factor. The provision of play articles or bedding may be a simple way to achieve environmental enrichment, allowing...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Wolfenshohn, S. , Lloyd, M. 1994. Handbook of Laboratory Animal Management and Welfare. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Animal boredom – A model of chronic suffering in captive animals and its consequences for environmental enrichment

Discussion of the term 'animal boredom' and of basic environmental enrichment options for rabbits.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General, Rabbit

Citation: Wemelsfelder, F. 1994. Animal boredom - A model of chronic suffering in captive animals and its consequences for environmental enrichment. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 8, 587-591.

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.