ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中的一个 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源。子项目及 研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金， 因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为 研究中心，而研究中心不一定是研究者所在的机构。 2007年，环境富集和行为研究方案继续取得进展。 增设了一个环境浓缩技术员职位，以支持强化浓缩方案。 在更多地使用社会圈养来饲养研究动物和采用各种富集技术方面继续取得进展。 对社会管理的重要改进是：1）将猴从相同的野外笼中直接转移到成对的笼中进行研究分配，2）将笼中动物成对饲养，等待研究方案分配。 此外，在田间笼中的优势等级的确定已经大大加快，繁殖群体的行为观察正在产生更多的信息，指导社会管理。 大约有200个觅食装置已被改装到现有的笼子。 积极的强化训练方法被纳入了几个研究项目，并修改了饲养程序，以减少对物理或化学约束的需要。 所有玉米床和许多田间笼子和跑步的占用者都接受了进入捕捉槽的训练。 丰富计划的工作人员系统地为所有畜牧业工作人员的新员工培训做出贡献。环境富集和行为研究协调员与杜兰大学医学院药理学系、杜兰大学基因治疗中心、东南路易斯安那大学心理学系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. The environmental enrichment and behavioral research programs continued to progress in 2007. An additional environmental enrichment technician position was created to support an enhanced enrichment program. Continued progress was made in increasing the use of social housing for research animals and the implementation of a variety of enrichment techniques. Important refinement to social management were 1) the transfer of monkey from the same field cages directly into pairs when moved to caging for research assignment, and 2) maintenance of caged animals awaiting research protocol assignment in pairs. In addition, determination of dominance hierarchies in field cages has been vastly accelerated and behavioral observations of breeding groups are generating more information for guiding social management. Approximately 200 foraging devices have been retrofitted onto existing cages. Positive reinforcement training methods were incorporated into several research projects and husbandry procedures were modified to reduce the need for physical or chemical restraint. Occupants of all corncribs and many field cages and runs have been trained to enter catch chutes. Enrichment program staff systematically contribute to new employee training for all husbandry staff. The Environmental Enrichment and Behavioral Research Coordinator 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, the Department of Psychology at Southeastern Louisiana University, and the Department of Animal Resources at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center.