title: A playroom as novel swine enrichment.
abstract: Pigs, intelligent and potentially destructive animals, can present unique challenges to laboratory animal caretakers trying to provide optimal housing and environmental enrichment. The authors developed an enrichment area in their facility for pigs that are neither preparing for nor recovering from surgery. They rotate pigs into the play area for periodic enrichment and socialization.
authors.affiliation: SoBran, Inc., National Institutes of Health Animal Center, Department of Veterinary Resources, 16701 Elmer School Rd, Dickerson, MD 20842, USA. caseybla@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Blair
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abney
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skoumbourdis
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Skoumbordis
mesh_terms: D000827:Animal Welfare; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D006799:Housing, Animal; D010988:Play and Playthings; D013552:Swine / Q000523:psychology*