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Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 338)
This bibliography lists 139 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information System during June 1990. Subject coverage includes: aerospace medicine and psychology, life support systems and controlled environments, safety equipment, exobiology and extraterrestrial life, and flight crew behavior and performance
Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 314)
This bibliography lists 139 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in August, 1988
Aerospace medicine and biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 299)
This bibliography lists 96 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in June, 1987
Effects of predictability of feeding routines on the behaviour and welfare of captive primates
The effects of variations in the predictability of appetitive events, such as feeding, have rarely been studied in animals in general or primates in particular. Feeding animals on highly predictable temporal schedules often results in the performance of food anticipatory
activity (FAA), characterised by increased arousal and activity and thought to be detrimental to welfare. Temporally unpredictable feeding schedules have been
interpreted as resulting in improved welfare. However, if feeding is made unpredictable by preceding it with an unreliable signal, it may result in frustration and aggression. It is
suggested here that two distinct but overlapping types of predictability exist. `Temporal' predictability describes whether an event occurs at fixed or variable intervals, whereas `signalled' predictability relates to the reliability of a signal preceding the event. This thesis examines the effects of each of these types of predictability in relation to feeding.
Welfare was assessed in laboratory-housed common marmosets( Callithrix jacchus) using behavioural measures, which were identified in the context of the routine stressor of human handling and weighing. The signalled and temporal predictability of presentation of a desirable titbit was subsequently experimentally manipulated. It was found that temporally unpredictable presentation of food, preceded by an unreliable signal,
was associated with substantially increased stress-related behaviours in this species. If no signal was used, stress increased to a moderate level, but if the food delivery followed a reliable signal there were few behavioural changes compared to control animals.
Temporally predictable feeding, without a signal, was associated with lower rates of stress-related behaviour than temporally unpredictable, unsignalled feeding. However, deviations from this temporally predictable schedule, representing delays to feeding, resulted in marked increases in stress. The results were confirmed with a further study, worked around existing feeding routines and using a different primate species, the stump-tailed macaque (Macaca arctoides). Based on these findings it is suggested that the most
beneficial schedule for feeding captive primates is a temporally unpredictable one, which appears to buffer animals against the negative effects of delays as well as minimising FAA.
Presentation of a reliable signal before food delivery appears to minimise the stress
intrinsically associated with a temporally unpredictable routine. These recommendations
represent a simple and inexpensive method of improving the welfare of captive primates
Measuring Behavior in the Home Cage : Study Design, Applications, Challenges, and Perspectives
FUNDING This research was supported by NIH grants R00AG056662, P20GM125528, AG057424 to WS and SLPeer reviewedPublisher PD
Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes (supplement 290)
This bibliography lists 125 reports, articles and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in October 1986
Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes, supplement 172
This bibliography lists 132 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in September 1977
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