ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

该子项目是利用 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目和 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH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 中心，不一定是研究者的机构。 简介：2009年，环境富集和行为研究项目继续向前推进。 研究方法：技术包括1）社会引入和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）分配喂养丰富和无生命丰富，4）安装新的住房功能，5）应用积极强化训练和其他形式的人类互动，以及6）评估动物的健康状况和计划制定的结果。 结果/讨论：在任何一个时间，社会居住的研究群体的百分比已经超过了以前的水平。 将猴从相同的繁殖组直接转移到成对笼舍进行研究任务的做法已成为常规，在某些情况下消除了单一笼舍的使用，在其他情况下减少了单一笼舍的持续时间。喂食和可操纵物体的实现水平有所提高。 通过在所有笼中添加悬挂装置和在田间围栏内添加额外的悬挂基质，动物环境的复杂性显著增加。 接受陌生人款待的动物比例继续增加，这表明人类与动物之间的关系正在不断发展。 积极的强化训练活动促进遵守研究程序，与外壳之间的转换，并与缓和的压力反应。 一项新的计划，以脱敏猴子在调整笼舍的目的是改善人类与动物的互动，并防止发展的压力相关的下降，在福祉和行为。充实计划的工作人员系统地为新员工的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系的科学家和研究生进行合作研究。

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.