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types of enrichment |
sensory social/cognitive food physical health environmental |
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welfare continuum |
distress neutral well-being |
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spider |
setting goals planning implementing documenting evaluating re-adjusting |
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neophobic |
doesn't like new things |
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neophilic |
likes new things |
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contra-free loading |
animals will work for treats even if it is available for them already |
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examples of social enrichment |
conspecifics other animals people |
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examples of cognitive enrichment |
mental stimulus novel experience |
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examples of physical enrichment |
perching/climbing substrates nest/den refuges climate gradients |
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examples of sensory enrichment |
tactile olfactory & taste auditory visual |
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examples of food enrichment |
novel food items food presentation |
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behavioral economic theory |
principles of economic theory, such as elasticity of demand, are applied to animal behavior |
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inelastic product |
necessity |
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elastic product |
luxury item |
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obstruction test |
an obstacle is placed in between an animal and a resource to see how motivated the animal is to get the resource |
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aversion tests |
test that studies if an animal is willing to choose to undergo something unfavourable to get a resource |
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theory of mind |
a theory that refers to an individual's mental processes |
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tonic immobility |
a natural state of paralysis that occurs in some species when they are threatened by an aversive stressor |
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welfare audit |
a process of systematic review of animal records & husbandry parameters, w/ the aim of identifying whether change is necessary to promote better welfare |
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anthropomorphic |
the attribution of human qualities to animals |
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cortisol |
a corticosteroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex & involved in the body's response to stress |
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elasmobranchs |
cartilaginous fish |
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behavioral husbandry |
changes in the captive animal's environment that will impact on its behaviour |
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what makes enrichment successful? |
1. should not harm animals or those working with them 2. assessments should be made before moving enrichment from cage to cage 3. all enrichments need to be checked physically to ensure safety |
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behavioral ecology |
an approach to studying animal behavior that concentrates on how & why particular behaviors have evolved, & how they influence the individual's fitness |
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information primacy theory |
suggests that animals are highly motivated to learn about their environment |
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flehman |
looks like a yawn, but animal is actual drawing air past Jacobson's organ to detect chemical signals such as pheromones |
