Week 2: Assessing effectiveness (success) of enrichment for animal wellbeing through behaviour analysis in zoos Flashcards

1
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Four goals of modern zoos

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Conservation, Education, Entertainment and Research

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A repetitive, invariant behaviour, which may be the result of frustration, attempts to cope with
suboptimal environment, or a dysfunction of the
central nervous system

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Stereotypic behaviour

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3
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_______ = compromised well-being.

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Stereotypic behaviour

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4
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Examples include of compromised behaviour:

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  • Pacing Head-shaking
  • Weaving Self-mutilation
  • Rocking Feather plucking
  • Bar-biting Tail biting
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5
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Five categories of enrichment

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Food-based, Physical, Sensory, Social, Cognitive

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6
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centred on type & delivery of food

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Food-based

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7
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changes to structural environment permanent or temporary- or provision of objects to
manipulate

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Physical

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8
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stimulates senses- what they see, hear, or
smell

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Sensory

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9
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interactions with other animals- same or
different species- or people

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Social

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10
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problem solving tasks

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Cognitive

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11
Q

__________ is the most common measure for
exploring animal welfare and is widely used in zoo
research

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Behaviour

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12
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A quantitative representation of proportion of time an animal spends engaged in behaviour or activities - as a guide for “normal behaviour”, _______ _______ budgets.

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Published Activity

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13
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A list of behaviours, with operational definitions, observed in a species or group

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Ethograms

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14
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Used to investigate how animals use their enclosure or space, ________ diagrams.

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Enclosure diagrams

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15
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Used to collect systematic data on behaviour & location, _______ _______ sheets.

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data collection

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16
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The repertoire of behaviours that characterise how a particular species behaves in “the wild”, ________-________ behaviour.

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species-typical

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17
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Abnormal or aberrant behaviour - Unusual or rare behaviour that might be
pathological”

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Stereotypic behaviour

(e.g. Pacing, Head-shaking, Weaving, Self-mutilation, Rocking, Feather plucking, Bar-biting, Tail biting)

18
Q

Benefits to measuring behaviour

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–Easy to implement
–Inexpensive
–Non-invasive

19
Q

Three levels of familiar (zoo-keeper) contact

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Hands-off (limited interaction)

Protected (mesh or fence in between)

Hands-on (in with animal

20
Q

Study design for same visitors in the zoo. _______ groups.

21
Q

Study design for different visitors in the zoo, _________ groups.

22
Q

Effective enrichment should not be predictable (e.g. fixed schedules of
reinforcement). True/False

23
Q

Most widely used method of enrichment

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Food based enrichment

24
Q

Most studies rely on ______ - ______ questionnaires and surveys of visitors for developing valid and reliable measures

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self-reports

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Quantitative behavioural measurements provide evidence of ___________ changes
Behavioural
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Report findings including ________!
Failures
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ABAB research design (experiment)
A1 = Baseline 1 (record behaviour) B = Treatment (introduce enrichment & record behaviour) A2 = Baseline 2 (remove enrichment & record behaviour) B = Treatment (reintroduce enrichment & record behaviour)
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Assessing how severe or serious stereotypic or ‘abnormal’ behaviour is - 5 questions
What is the FORM of the behaviour? What % OF THE DAY is spent engaged in the behaviour? How easily can the animal be DISTRACTED from performing the behaviour? Is there an obvious REASON for the behaviour? Is it really a PROBLEM?
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More than ___ percent of time spent in abnormal behaviour is considered unacceptable.
10
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_____ severe if the animal is easily distracted from the behaviour
Less
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______ severe if the animal is less aware of the surroundings
More
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Written definitions for every category of behaviour on a data sheet, __________ definitions.
operational
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Categories should be _________ of each other. All behaviours included in a particular category should be _________ (or the same/similar)
Independent, homogeneous
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Spending time informally observing the animals & practice recording methods, _________ observations.
Preliminary
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Sampling rule: * common sampling rule for zoo animal studies * observe one individual for a specified length of time.
Focal animal sampling
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Recording rule: * dividing session into short successive intervals of time (sample intervals) * at end of each sample interval (sample point) record behaviour that is occurring (beeper or timer goes off).
Instantaneous time sampling
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________ reinforcement occurs when simply performing a behaviour increases the probability that the behaviour will occur again
Intrinsic
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“Response decrement as a result of repeated stimulation’’
Habituation
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________ reinforcement occurs when the performance of behavior results in a consequence that is external to the behaviour itself and increases the likelihood that the behaviour will recur
Extrinsic
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______ occurs when reinforcement is no longer provided for a behaviour, resulting in a decrease in the performance of the behaviour
Extinction