Housing

Cage size as a factor in environmental enrichment

Cage size significantly affected 38-day gross body weight, open-field activity and defecation, running-wheel activity, exploration, and water consumption. .. Rearing in large cages, either wire or Plexiglas, appears to reduce emotionality... The results of this experiment indicate that cage size...

Year Published: 1975Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Manosevitz, M., Pryor, J. B. 1975. Cage size as a factor in environmental enrichment. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 89, 648-654.

Assessing laboratory evidence for neoplastic activity

Mortality and tumor incidence in corcinogenesis experiments differ between mice caged in the top vs. bottom of the rack.

Year Published: 1980Topics: Housing, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Mantel, N. 1980. Assessing laboratory evidence for neoplastic activity. Biometics 36, 381-399.

A resting platform for dog pens

After converting our dog holding facilities from commercial dog cages to pen type enclosures, it became apparent that suitable resting platforms were needed. Clear acrylic plastic was used to construct the resting platforms.

Year Published: 1980Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Dog

Citation: Feldhaus, R. A. 1980. A resting platform for dog pens. Laboratory Animal Science 30(4-1), 714-715.

Animal well-being and housing systems for piglets

Weaned piglets housed with straw performed less tail-biting, rooting, massaging, and nibbling of pen-mates than pigs reared without straw.

Year Published: 1981Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Pig

Citation: Buré, R. G. 1981. Animal well-being and housing systems for piglets. In: The Welfare of Pigs. Sybesma, W. (ed), 198-207. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands.

Deep woodchip litter: Hygiene, feeding, and behavioral enhancement in eight primate species

Sixty-seven animals from eight primate species were used to assess improved husbandry techniques. The presence of woodchips as a direct-contact litter decreased inactivity and fighting, and increased time spent on the ground. Placing food in the deep litter led to...

Year Published: 1982Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Capuchin, Lemur, Macaque, Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate, Squirrel Monkey, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Chamove, A. S., Anderson, J. R., Morgan-Jones, S. C. et al. 1982. Deep woodchip litter: Hygiene, feeding, and behavioral enhancement in eight primate species. International Journal for the Study of Animal Problems 3, 308-318.

Captive Primate Working Party Report

It is felt that different cages should be recommended for different species based on their degree of arboreality and the social groupings which were practicable in the laboratory. Weight of animal alone is not an adequate criterion on which to...

Year Published: 1985Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Poole, T. B. 1985. Captive Primate Working Party Report. Primate Eye 27, 14-15.

The use of space by group-housed sheep

Quality of space as well as quantity affects the use of the space by the animals and so must also be considered in housing design.

Year Published: 1986Topics: HousingAnimal Type: Sheep

Citation: Marsden, M. D., Wood-Gush, D. G. M. 1986. The use of space by group-housed sheep. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 15, 178 (Abstract).

Effects on productivity and aggressive behavior of laying hens of solid versus wire cage partitions and bird density

The effects of solid metal cage partitions or wire mesh cage partitions and two cage densities (5 or 7 birds/60.9 cm × 35.6-cm shallow cage) on production performance traits, aggressive behavior, and feather covering of White Leghorn layers were assessed...

Year Published: 1987Topics: Housing, Stocking DensityAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Cunningham, D. L., Gvaryahu, G. 1987. Effects on productivity and aggressive behavior of laying hens of solid versus wire cage partitions and bird density. Poultry Science 66, 1583-1586.

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.

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.