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Effective Feeding Enrichment for Non-Human Primates: A Brief Review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2023

V Reinhardt  and
A Roberts
V Reinhardt*
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare Institute, PO Box 3650, Washington, DC 20007, USA
A Roberts
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare Institute, PO Box 3650, Washington, DC 20007, USA
*
† Contact for correspondence and requests for reprints: 4605 Crescent Road, Madison WI 53711, USA
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Abstract

There is a growing awareness that non-human primates kept in zoos and laboratories deserve more species-appropriate stimulation because of their biological adaptation to a challenging environment.

Numerous attempts have been made to effectively emulate the gathering and processing aspects of natural feeding. Whole natural food-items, woodchips mixed with seeds, the puzzle ceiling and the puzzle feeder stocked with ordinary biscuits, cost little or nothing but induce sustained food gathering and/or food processing. Turf and fleece substrates sprinkled with particles of flavoured food, foraging trays, probe feeders and puzzles baited with food treats also promote more foraging behaviour, but they are relatively expensive and require added labour time to load and clean them.

Keywords

animal welfarebehavioural healthenrichmentfeedingforagingnon-human primates
Type
Research Article
Information
Animal Welfare , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , August 1997 , pp. 265 - 272
Copyright
© 1997 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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