Benchmarking Enrichment Efforts in the US & Canada Across Species and Enrichment Categories.

ABSTRACT: Enrichment is important for animal welfare and data quality. Provision of enrichment opportunities varies between species and enrichment category. However, data benchmarking these differences does not exist. Our objective was to characterize enrichment provision and associated factors across species in the US and Canada. Personnel who work with research animals (n = 1098) in the US and Canada voluntarily responded to online promotions and completed a survey about enrichment used for the species they worked with most, their control of and wish for more enrichment, stress or pain in the animals they worked the most with, and demographics. All participants (except those working with rats) received the same questionnaire regardless of species to allow objectivity, as the effects of many enrich

SUBMITTER: LaFollette MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10434742 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature