Social Housing & Companionship

Group housing female guinea pigs

Group housing [female] guinea pigs can save space and money, while improving housing standards. The authors describe enclosure design, enrichments, and husbandry techniques that facilitate group housing female guinea pigs. No data are included in this article.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Guinea Pig, Rodent

Citation: Raje, S. S., Stewart, K. L. 2000. Group housing female guinea pigs. Lab Animal 29(8), 31-32.

Group housing products for cats

Commercial caging systems for cats are described and recommendations made for cat-appropriate housing. By housing cats in groups and with appropriate enrichments, according to their physical and psychological needs, researchers can decrease the animal's stress and distress.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Cat

Citation: Poe, E., Hope, K. 2000. Group housing products for cats. Lab Animal 29(4), 40-43.

Utilizing restraint chair training to prepare primates for social housing

Six juvenile baboons (3 females, 3 males) were carefully familiarized in chair restraint context and introduced thereafter to form a compatible group.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Restraint, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Marks, D., Kelly, J., Rice, T. et al. 2000. Utilizing restraint chair training to prepare primates for social housing. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 39(4), 9-10.

The use of infants to buffer male aggression

Year Published: 2000Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kuester, J. , Paul, A. 2000. The use of infants to buffer male aggression. In: Natural Conflict Resolution. Aureli, F. , de Waal, F. B. M. (Eds). Univeristy of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Refinement in rabbit housing and husbandry

except for locomotor play, rabbits do not use space per se; they use specific resources and structures depending on their motivation state. .. Minimum cage dimensions have to be deduced from the minimum enrichment requirements which have to be incorporated...

Year Published: 2000Topics: Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Stauffacher, M. 2000. Refinement in rabbit housing and husbandry. In: Progress in the Reduction, Refinement and Replacement of Animal Experimentation. Balls, M., Van Zeller, A. M., Halder, M. (eds), 1269-1277. Elsevier, Amsterdam.

Conversion of canine runs to group social housing for juvenile baboons

Our Division recently converted two rooms equipped with 10 stainless steel, elevated floor canine runs into rooms providing social housing for young baboons. The detachable walls were removed to create larger primary enclosures and tops were fitted with stainless steel...

Year Published: 2000Topics: Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: White, G., Hill, W., Speigel, G. et al. 2000. Conversion of canine runs to group social housing for juvenile baboons. American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 126 (Abstract).

Methods for socializing unfamiliar primates to provide environmental enrichment and promote psychological well-being

Careful partner selection prior to socialization [as pairs, triads, or groups] has contributed significantly to the percentage of successful socializations for monkeys housed at the National Institutes of Health.

Year Published: 2000Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Weed, J. L., McCollom, K. J., Cisar, F. A. 2000. Methods for socializing unfamiliar primates to provide environmental enrichment and promote psychological well-being. American Journal of Primatology 51(Supplement), 98 (Abstract).

Managing the socialization of an adult male gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) with a history of social deprivation

In this study of one male gorilla with a 30-year history of social deprivation, we assessed the rate of aggression quantitatively during a [successful] four-step socialization procedure.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Burks, K. D., Bloomsmith, M. A., Forthman, D. L. et al. 2001. Managing the socialization of an adult male gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) with a history of social deprivation. Zoo Biology 20, 347-358.

Enrichment of laboratory rat caging

Social contact seems to be the most important enrichment. Rats show higher demand for contact with three familiar rats, than for larger cages or toys. .. Rats show T-maze preferences for larger cages whether alone or with four cage-mates. .....

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Patterson-Kane, E. G., van de Ven, M., Ras, T. 2001. Enrichment of laboratory rat caging . American Association for Laboratory Animal Science [AALAS] Meeting Official Program, 106 (Abstract).

Environmental enrichment and husbandry of the MPTP-treated common marmoset

One disadvantage of isosexual pairing that we have encountered is that temporary separation of the pair (e.g. for behavioural monitoring) can precipitate fighting on re-introduction. If this occurs we have found that a gradual re-association process, utilising adjacent cages to...

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Jackson, M. J. 2001. Environmental enrichment and husbandry of the MPTP-treated common marmoset. Animal Technology(21-28).