ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

环境丰富计划

• 批准号: 8172939
• 负责人: KATE CANFIELD BAKER
• 金额: $ 6.18万
• 依托单位: TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-05-01 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8172939
• 关键词: Address; Animals; Behavior; Behavioral; Behavioral Research; Breeding; Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects Database; Continuing Education; Detection; Development; Devices; Employee; Environment; Fostering; Funding; Grant; Housing; Human; Institution; Intervention; Methods; Monitor; Monkeys; Outcome; Pharmacology; Positive Reinforcements; Primates; Procedures; Research; Research Personnel; Resources; Scientist; Source; Stress; Techniques; Time; Training; Training Activity; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; animal resource; biological adaptation to stress; environmental enrichment for laboratory animals; feeding; gene therapy; graduate student; improved; medical schools; prevent; programs; social

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Introduction: The environmental enrichment and behavioral research programs continued move forward in 2009. Methods: Techniques include 1) social introduction and ongoing monitoring of social dynamics, 2) detection of behavioral signs of impaired wellbeing and application of interventions to address these problems, 3) distribution of feeding enrichment and inanimate enrichment, 4) installation of new housing features, 5) application of positive reinforcement training and other forms of human interaction, and 6) assessment of animal wellbeing and outcomes of program elaborations. Results/Discussion: The percentage of the research colony socially housed at any one time has surpassed previous levels. The practice of moving monkeys from the same breeding groups directly into pair caging for research assignment has become routine, and has in some cases eliminated the use of single housing and in others reduced the duration of single housing. Implementation levels have risen for feeding and manipulable objects. Significant increases in the complexity of animal environments have been accomplished via the addition of hanging devices to all cages and additional hanging substrates within field enclosure. The proportion of animals that will take a treat offered by a stranger continues to increase, suggesting ongoing progress in the human-animal dynamic. Positive reinforcement training activities fostered compliance with research procedures, with shifting between enclosures, and with moderating stress reactions. A new program to desensitize monkeys during adjustment to cage-housing aims to improve human-animal interactions and prevent the development of stress-related decrements in wellbeing and behavior. Enrichment program staff systematically contribute to new employee training and continuing education. The Behavioral Biologist conducts collaborative research with scientists and graduate students in the Department of Pharmacology at the Tulane University School of Medicine, the Tulane University Center for Gene Therapy, and the Department of Animal Resources at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center.

该子项目是利用该技术的众多研究子项目之一 资源由 NIH/NCRR 资助的中心拨款提供。子项目及 研究者 (PI) 可能已从 NIH 的另一个来源获得主要资金， 因此可以在其他 CRISP 条目中表示。列出的机构是 对于中心来说，它不一定是研究者的机构。 简介：环境丰富和行为研究计划在 2009 年继续向前推进。方法：技术包括 1) 社会介绍和对社会动态的持续监测，2) 检测健康受损的行为迹象并应用干预措施来解决这些问题，3)饲养丰富和无生命丰富的分布，4）安装新的住房设施，5）应用积极强化训练和其他形式的人类互动，以及6）评估动物福祉和计划制定的结果。 结果/讨论：在任何时候，社会安置的研究群体的百分比都超过了以前的水平。 将来自同一繁殖群体的猴子直接转移到配对笼中进行研究任务的做法已成为惯例，并且在某些情况下消除了单一住房的使用，在其他情况下减少了单一住房的持续时间。喂食和可操纵物体的实施水平有所提高。 通过在所有笼子中添加悬挂装置以及在野外围栏内添加悬挂基板，动物环境的复杂性显着增加。 接受陌生人提供的款待的动物比例持续增加，这表明人类与动物之间的动态关系正在不断取得进展。 积极的强化训练活动促进了对研究程序的遵守、在围栏之间的转换以及缓解压力反应。 一项让猴子在适应笼舍期间脱敏的新计划旨在改善人与动物的互动，并防止与压力相关的健康和行为下降。丰富计划员工系统地为新员工培训和继续教育做出贡献。 行为生物学家与杜兰大学医学院药理学系、杜兰大学基因治疗中心和耶基斯国家灵长类动物研究中心动物资源部的科学家和研究生进行合作研究。