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Environmental enrichment and neurotransmitter receptors [PDF]
Behavioral and Neural Biology, 1982 The extent of high affinity, specific binding of several pharmacological agents to brain membrane fractions derived from rats reared in an environmentally enriched or impoverished environment has been assayed. The binding of all labeled agents studied was not significantly altered in cerebellar, subcortical, or cortical membranes by the rearing ...
Por, SB, Bennett, EL, Bondy, SC
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Animals, 2022 Environmental enrichment is a method to increase environmental heterogeneity, which may reduce stress and improve animal welfare. Previous studies have shown that environmental enrichment can increase the growth rate, decrease aggressive and anxiety-like
Chunsen Xu +8 more
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Environmental enrichment in early life affects cortisol patterns in growing pigs
Animal, 2010 Effects of environmental enrichment at different stages of life on stress physiology of pigs were investigated in a trial with 63 groups, each of four siblings.
C. Munsterhjelm +5 more
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Environmental enrichment: A concept analysis
Nursing Forum, 2021 The concept analysis of environmental enrichment aims to clarify the meaning of the term contributing to a shared understanding of its use in healthcare and future research studies. Environmental enrichment has implications in health promotion in children's development and healthy aging in the general population.A literature search using PubMed and ...
Karl Cristie F. Figuracion +1 more
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Effects of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of captive great green macaws (Ara ambiguus) [PDF]
, 2022 openThe great green macaw is a species threatened by extinction and classified as critically endangered by the IUCN. Thus, ex-situ maintenance plays a significant role in the conservation of this species and can be considered an insurance against ...
PIEROTTI, MICHELLE
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Environmental Enrichment Improves Vestibular Oculomotor Learning in Mice
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2021 We assessed the behavioral effects of environmental enrichment on contrast sensitivity, reflexive eye movements and on oculomotor learning in mice that were housed in an enriched environment for a period of 3 weeks.
Jos N. van der Geest +2 more
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Frontiers in Animal Science, 2023 It is standard practice on mink farms in Canada to provide one manipulable environmental enrichment (EE) in each cage to benefit animal health and welfare, and once an enrichment is introduced, it must remain in the cage for the duration of that animal’s
Gabrielle B. Clark +2 more
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Environmental enrichment for reptiles in European zoos: Current status and perspectives
Animal Welfare, 2023 Zoos and aquaria are paying increasing attention to environmental enrichment, which has proven an effective tool for the improvement of animal welfare. However, several ongoing issues have hampered progress in environmental enrichment research.
Alicia Bartolomé +2 more
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Goal-oriented behavioural and environmental enrichment in aquarium species [PDF]
, 2021 Environmental enrichment is a common tool used in zoo and aquarium settings to provide mental and physical stimulation to animals under human care. This paper aims to present a primary approach to goal-oriented environmental and behavioural enrichment ...
Manteca Vilanova, Xavier +4 more
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Point for Enrichment, Point for Welfare—Testing Use of a Laser Pointer with Arapaima gigas
Animals, 2023 The arapaima (Arapaima gigas) is one of the largest freshwater fish species, known to exceed 3 m in total length. It is listed as Data Deficient by the IUCN. A. gigas is native to the Amazon River basin where they are an important food source.
Eszter Matrai +5 more
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