Brando Sabrina, Vitale Augusto, Bacon Madison
AnimalConcepts, Teulada, P.O. Box 378, 03725 Alicante, Spain.
Center for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Animals (Basel). 2023 Apr 21;13(8):1423. doi: 10.3390/ani13081423.
Promoting good primate welfare outside of daylight hours is an important task. The responsibility to provide a complex environment and environmental enrichment is an essential element of primate wellbeing programs that should be approached from a 24-h perspective and planned according to the species and individual needs, including giving animals the ability to interact with and control their environment during hours when animal care staff are not present. One must be aware, however, that their needs may differ at night-time from their care needs during the day when staff are present. Assessing welfare and providing enrichment during times when staff are not on hand can be achieved through the use of a variety of technologies, such as night-view cameras, animal-centred technologies, and data loggers. This paper will address the relevant topics concerning the care and welfare of primates during off-hours, and the use of related technologies to facilitate and assess wellbeing at these times.
在非白天时间促进灵长类动物的良好福利是一项重要任务。提供复杂环境和环境丰富化的责任是灵长类动物福利计划的一个基本要素，该计划应从24小时的角度来实施，并根据物种和个体需求进行规划，包括让动物在动物护理人员不在场的时间里有能力与环境互动并控制环境。然而，必须意识到，它们在夜间的需求可能与白天工作人员在场时的护理需求有所不同。在工作人员不在场的时候评估福利并提供丰富化措施，可以通过使用各种技术来实现，如夜视摄像头、以动物为中心的技术和数据记录器。本文将探讨与非工作时间灵长类动物护理和福利相关的主题，以及使用相关技术在这些时候促进和评估福利的情况。
