Readings /Resources on
Environmental Enrichment
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AltWeb: Refinement - Enrichment

Animal Welfare Information Center (AWIC) Publications

 

General

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Chance, M.R.A.; Russell, W.M.S. "The benefits of giving experimental animals the best possible environment," Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, edited by V. Reinhardt, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, USA 1997.

Hubrecht, R. (ed.). Housing husbandry and welfare provision for animals used in toxicology studies: Results of a UK questionnaire on current practice (1994) - A report by the Toxicology and Welfare Working Group. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), Potters Bar, UK 1995.

Abstracts ICEE 2005 :
International Conference on Environmental Enrichment

 

Cats

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James, A.E. "The laboratory cat." Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching (ANZCCART) News 8(1) Insert 1995 Mar:1-8. Contents: Introduction; Colony Husbandry; Housing; Nutrition; Anesthetics and Analgesics; Technical Procedures; Diseases

Loveridge, G.G. "Comfortable environmentally enriched housing for domestic cats", Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 8th edition, edited by Viktor Reinhardt, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, USA 1997.

Rochlitz, Irene. Comfortable quarters for cats in research institutions. Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 9th ed., 2002.

McCune, S. "Enriching the environment of the laboratory cat: A review," p. 103-117, in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Environmental Enrichment, held in Copenhagen on Aug 21-25, 1995. Copenhagen Zoo, Denmark 1997.


Dogs

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Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (AWAC). Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Dogs. AWAC, Ministry of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand 1998.

BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement.
Refining dog husbandry and care. Eighth report of BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement. Lab Anim. 2004 Jul;38 Suppl 1:1-94. PMID: 15202954

Hubrecht, R.C. "Comfortable quarters for dogs in research institutions ," Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 8th edition, edited by V. Reinhardt, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, USA 1997.

Hubrecht, R.C. "Enrichment in puppyhood and its effects on later behavior of dogs." Laboratory Animal Science 45(1) 1995 Feb:70-75.

Mertens, P.A.; Unshelm, J. "Effects of group and individual housing on the behavior of kennelled dogs in animal shelters." Anthrozooes 9(1) 1996:40-51.

Sales, G.; Hubrecht, R.; Peyvandi, A.; et al. Noise in dog kennelling: A survey of noise levels and the causes of noise in animal shelters, training establishments and research institutions. Animal Welfare Report No. 9, Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), Potters Bar, UK 1996.

Sales, G.; Hubrecht, R.; Peyvandi, A.; et al. "Noise in dog kennelling: Is barking a welfare problem for dogs?" Applied Animal Behaviour Science 52(3-4) 1997 Apr:321-329.

Wells, D.L.; Hepper, P.G. "A note on the influence of visual conspecific contact on the behaviour of sheltered dogs." Applied Animal Behaviour Science 60(1) 1998 Oct:83-88.

 

Primates

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Reinhardt, V.; Reinhardt, A. Environmental enrichment for primates: An annotated database. Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, USA.

Refinements in husbandry, care and common procedures for non-human primates
Ninth report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement

Social housing of nonhuman primates with cranial implants: A discussion

Safe pair housing of macaques Jodi Carlson, AWI

Risk factors and remidiation of self-injurious and self-abuse behavior in rhesus macaques
Rommeck I, Anderson K, Heagerty A, Cameron A, McCowan B
J Appl Anim Welf Sci 2009; 12(1):61-72.

 

Rabbits

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Refinements in rabbit husbandry. Second report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement. British Veterinary Association Animal Welfare Foundation. Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments. Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Universities Federation for Animal Welfare.
Lab Anim. 1993 Oct;27(4):301-29. Review. PMID: 8277705

"Housing for small animals: Rabbits." Animal Welfare Information Network 1 1995 Feb.

Love, J.A. "Housing for rabbits." Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 2 1988:47-48.

Oogjes, G. "Enriched rabbit housing." Animal Welfare Information Network 1 1996 Mar.

"Rabbit housing overseas." Animal Welfare Information Network 11996 Mar.

 

Rodents

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Hawkins P, Morton DB, Bevan R, Heath K, Kirkwood J, Pearce P, Scott L, Whelan
G, Webb A; Joint Working Group on Refinement. Husbandry refinements for rats,
mice, dogs and non-human primates used in telemetry procedures. Seventh report of the BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement, Part B.
Lab Anim. 2004 Jan;38(1):1-10. PMID: 14979982

BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement. Refinement and reduction in production of genetically modified mice.
Lab Anim. 2003 Jul;37 Suppl 1:S1-S49. PMID: 12886901

"Housing for small animals: Rodents." Animal Welfare Information Network 1 1995 Feb.

Lawlor, M.M. "The proper care of laboratory rodents," p. 15-31, in Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Animals, 8th edition, edited by V. Reinhardt, Animal Welfare Institute, Washington DC, USA 1997.

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Joint Working Group on Refinement. Laboratory birds: refinements in husbandry and procedures. Fifth report of BVAAWF/FRAME/RSPCA/UFAW Joint Working Group on Refinement. Lab Anim. 2001 Oct;35 Suppl 1:1-163. PMID: 11676346

 


The Animal Welfare Institute website has an extensive database on Refinement and Environmental Enrichment
http://www.awionline.org/SearchResultsSite/laball.aspx

AWIC has a good set of links on Environmental Enrichment and Exercise.  
http://awic.nal.usda.gov, "Research Animals" section

Altweb has a section on Refinement, including a section on enrichment
http://altweb.jhsph.edu/refinement/index.htm

Laboratory Primate Newsletter
http://www.brown.edu/Research/Primate

 

updated 4/14/09

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