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Environmental enrichment strategies for weaned pigs: Welfare and behavior
(2021-01-01)
This research aims to evaluate the effects of different types and strategies of environmental enrichment for weaned pigs on behavior. Forty weaned piglets aged 21 to 28 days were distributed in a completely randomized ...
Environmental enrichment protects the retina from early diabetic damage in adult rats
(Public Library Of Science, 2014-07)
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of reduced visual acuity and acquired blindness. Available treatments are not completely effective. We analyzed the effect of environmental enrichment on retinal damage induced by ...
Environmental enrichment strategies for nursery piglets and efficacy for maintaining interest
(2020-01-01)
Context: Animals in situations of stress and constant fear exhibit unwanted behaviours for production. Pigs that are afraid of humans tend to associate any management as stressful. The use of environment enrichment for ...
Controls of extreme isotopic enrichment in modern microbialites and associated abiogenic carbonates
(Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, 2020-01)
Microbialites and abiogenic carbonates of the closed-basin hypersaline lake Laguna Negra (Catamarca Province, Argentina) are highly enriched in both 13C and 18O. These carbonates precipitate in the zone of recharge where ...
Environmental enrichment effects on the reproductive behavior of captive nurse sharks Ginglymostoma cirratum
(Springer, 2021-04-07)
Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum, Ginglymostomatidae) are one of the most exhibited shark species in aquariums worldwide. However, in these locations, their reproductive success rate is frequently low. Considering that ...
Pre-ischemic enriched environment increases retinal resilience to acute ischemic damage in adult rats
(Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd, 2019-01)
Retinal ischemia is a condition associated with several degenerative diseases leading to visual impairment and blindness worldwide. Currently, there is no highly effective therapy for ischemic retinopathies. This study was ...
Living with low environmental complexity increases fear indicators in Nile tilapia
(2021-04-01)
Animals are often kept in conditions with low environmental complexity and for long periods in barren artificial environments. This has been shown to lead to poor welfare in many species of animals. We assessed the emotional ...
Environmental enrichment techniques and tryptophan supplementation used to improve the quality of life and animal welfare of Nile tilapia
(2020-07-01)
The adoption of high standards of animal welfare improves the quality of life for animals being reared and produces improved end products for consumers. In this study, we investigate the role of environmental enrichment ...
Effects of an enriched housing environment on sensory aspects and fatty-acid composition of the longissimus muscle of light-weight finished lambs
(Elsevier, 2014)
We analysed the effect of enriched housing on the sensory meat quality and fatty acid composition of longissimus muscle in 60 entire Rasa Aragonesa lambs, housed indoors for 5 weeks in six pens (10 lambs/pen, 0.95 m2/lamb, ...
Enriched environment protects the optic nerve from early diabetes-induced damage in adult rats
(Public Library Of Science, 2015-08)
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of reduced visual acuity and acquired blindness. Axoglial alterations of the distal (close to the chiasm) optic nerve (ON) could be the first structural change of the visual pathway ...