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The Use of Artificial Turf as a Foraging Substrate for Individually Housed Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca Mulatta)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

K Bayne ,
S Dexter ,
H Mainzer ,
C McCully ,
G Campbell  and
F Yamada
K Bayne
Affiliation:
Office of Animal Care and Use, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 14D, Room 313, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
S Dexter
Affiliation:
Office of Animal Care and Use, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 14D, Room 313, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
H Mainzer
Affiliation:
Office of Animal Care and Use, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 14D, Room 313, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
C McCully
Affiliation:
Pediatric Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
G Campbell
Affiliation:
Division of Computa: Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health
F Yamada
Affiliation:
Division of Computa: Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health
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Abstract

The provisioning of foraging opportunities to primates has been shown to be an effective means of enriching the laboratory environment. In this study artificial turf was used as the substrate for a particulate food given to the subjects as an environmental enrichment technique. Eight rhesus monkeys exhibited a significant reduction in behavioural pathology when allowed to extend the amount of time they spent in consummatory activities. An increasing trend in time spent foraging with a concomitant decline in aberrant behaviour over a period of six months was particularly noteworthy. No significant difference in preference for particulate monkey chow or more flavourful particulate food treats was expressed by the primates.

Keywords

animal welfareenvironmental enrichmentpsychological well-being
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , February 1992 , pp. 39 - 53
Copyright
© 1992 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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