Environmental enrichment for primates in laboratories

Environmental enrichment for primates in laboratories

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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 dod analog delay 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 nyx 22 brush 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.