Environmental Enrichment

Farm animal welfare

The goal of this paper is to expand upon the general principle of environmental enrichment for farm animals and to present some ideas for enrichment based on current research.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Cattle, Chicken, Equine, Goat, Pig, Sheep

Citation: Newberry, R. C. 1994. Farm animal welfare. In: CCAC 1994 Western Regional Workshop. Canadian Council on Animal Care [CCAC] 21-28. Canadian Council on Animal Care, Ottawa, Canada.

Enrichment techniques for rodents and rabbits

Environmental enrichment options are discussed and recommendations made on species-adequate husbandry practices. Enrichment relates to the husbandry of animals and refers to ways in which we can meet their behavioral needs, i.e., to look after their psychological well-being and to...

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

Citation: Morton, D. B. 1994. Enrichment techniques for rodents and rabbits. In: Rodents and Rabbits: Current Research Issues. Niemi, S. M., Venable, J. S., Guttman, H. N. (eds), 20-27. Scientist Center of Animal Welfare, Bethesda, MD.

Environmental enrichment in flatdeck accomodation for exploratory behaviour in early-weaned piglets

Enrichment [rubber glove, rubber dog toy, strip of plastic suspended in the pen] increased normal exploratory behaviours while reducing the incidence of disturbed manipulative behaviours [oral manipulation of pen mates] and decreasing fear responses to people.

Year Published: 1994Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Moore, E. A., Broom, D. M., Simmins, P. H. 1994. Environmental enrichment in flatdeck accomodation for exploratory behaviour in early-weaned piglets. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 41, 277-278 (Abstract).

A simple and effective environmental enrichment device for ponies in long-term indoor confinement

An inexpensive food-based enrichment device [5-gallon bucket with snap-lock lid and 16 separate 3/4-inch holes, filled with alfalfa cube ratio] was found to eliminate or reduce abnormal behaviours that had developed in [2] chronically isolated ponies used in equine infectious...

Year Published: 1994Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Equine

Citation: Malpass, J. P., Weigler, B. J. 1994. A simple and effective environmental enrichment device for ponies in long-term indoor confinement. Contemporary Topics in Laboratory Animal Science 33(6), 74-76.

Results of providing swings to individually housed rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

The single-housed adult test subjects manipulated the swings but showed little inclination to actually use them for swinging.

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

Citation: Dexter, S. L., Bayne, K. 1994. Results of providing swings to individually housed rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Laboratory Primate Newsletter 33(2), 9-12.

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.