Enrichment strategies for laboratory animals from the viewpoint of clinical veterinary behavioral medicine: Emphasis on cats and dogs

ILAR Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 202-215

  Overall, Karen L ^a   Dyer, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Behavioral enrichment; Environmental enrichment; Mental stimulation; Normal behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL WELLBEING; CAT; COGNITION; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; RESEARCH; REVIEW; STRESS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; NOISE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CATS; DOGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; NOISE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS;

EID: 17144385477     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.46.2.202     Document Type: Review

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