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Buchanan-Smith HM (2010) Environmental Enrichment for Primates in Laboratories. Advances in Science and Research, 5, pp. 41-56. https://doi.org/10.5194/asr-5-41-2010
Abstract
Environmental enrichment is a critical component of Refinement, one of the 3Rs underlying humane experimentation on animals. In this paper I discuss why primates housed in laboratories, which often have constraints of space and study protocols, are a special case for enrichment. I outline a framework for categorising the different types of enrichment, using the marmoset as a case study, and summarise the methods used to determine what animals want/prefer. I briefly review the arguments that enrichment does not negatively affect experimental outcomes. Finally I focus on complexity and novelty, choice and control, the underlying features of enrichment that makes it successful, and how combined with a thorough understanding of natural history we can put effective enrichment into practice in laboratories. Throughout the paper I emphasise the need to evaluate enrichment to ensure it is having the desired effect.
Keywords
; Primates Adaptation; Zoos
Journal
Advances in Science and Research: Volume 5
Status | Published |
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Publication date | 31/12/2010 |
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Publisher | Copernicus Publications |
ISSN | 1992-0628 |
eISSN | 1992-0636 |
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Professor Hannah Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Psychology