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Alternatives to continuous social housing.

K Bayne1

  • 1National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.

Laboratory Animal Science
|August 1, 1991
PubMed
Summary

When social housing is not possible for nonhuman primates, environmental enrichment can promote species-typical behaviors in single-cage environments. This approach enhances locomotive, manipulative, and foraging activities for individually housed animals.

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Area of Science:

  • Primate welfare and behavior
  • Animal housing and enrichment

Background:

  • Social housing is generally preferred for social nonhuman primates.
  • Certain research conditions or animal health concerns may necessitate individual housing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore alternatives to social housing for nonhuman primates.
  • To investigate methods for enhancing the well-being of individually housed nonhuman primates.

Main Methods:

  • Designing nonsocial environmental enrichment schemes.
  • Focusing on increasing home cage complexity for single-housed animals.

Main Results:

  • Nonsocial enrichment can enhance locomotive/postural behaviors.
  • Manipulative and foraging behaviors are promoted through environmental complexity.
  • Species-typical behaviors can be supported in single-cage settings.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental enrichment is a viable strategy when social housing is precluded.
  • Nonsocial enrichment can effectively support nonhuman primate behavior in individual housing.
  • Careful design of enrichment can promote well-being in nonhuman primates.

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