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Title: | Long-Term Macroevaluation of Environmental Enrichment in Three Brown Bears (Ursus arctos) at Barcelona Zoo |
Author: | Soriano Jiménez, Ana Isabel Vinyoles Cartanyà, Dolors Maté García, Carmen |
Keywords: | Óssos (Mamífers) Parcs zoològics Etologia Barcelona (Catalunya : Àrea metropolitana) Bears Zoos Animal behavior Barcelona (Catalonia : Metropolitan area) |
Issue Date: | 28-Dec-2015 |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Abstract: | The evaluation of enrichment programs is important to determine their effect on nonhuman animal welfare. The daily activity pattern and use of space of 3 brown bears (Ursus arctos) were used for long-term macroevaluation of enrichment to compare the baseline and enrichment phases. Focal sampling methods were used for data collection, and instantaneous scans were made at 2-min intervals during 15 sessions of 1 hr for each animal during the 2 study periods. The enrichment devices were categorized as feeding, occupational, and sensorial. The long-term macroevaluation in 3 bears showed statistically significant differences in some types of activity but not in others. There were also statistically significant differences for the use of space in 4 of the 8 zones in which the enclosures were divided. A more homogenous pattern in the use of space was only observed during the enrichment phase in the old female. The 3 brown bears followed different patterns concerning the enrichment program. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2015.1106320 |
It is part of: | Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, 2015, vol. 19, num. 1, p. 49-61 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/108114 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10888705.2015.1106320. |
ISSN: | 1088-8705 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals) |
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