Chapter 16. Positive Reinforcement Training for Laboratory Animals
- Robert Hubrecht,
- James Kirkwood
Published Online: 8 FEB 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch16
Copyright © 2010 the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare
Book Title
The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals, Eighth Edition
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How to Cite
Laule, G. (2010) Positive Reinforcement Training for Laboratory Animals, in The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory and Other Research Animals, Eighth Edition (eds R. Hubrecht and J. Kirkwood), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444318777.ch16
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UFAW, The Old School, Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire AL4 8AN, UK
Publication History
- Published Online: 8 FEB 2010
- Published Print: 26 MAR 2010
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ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405175234
Online ISBN: 9781444318777
- Summary
- Chapter
- References
Keywords:
- positive reinforcement training (PRT) for laboratory animals;
- animals in captivity - deserving high standards of animal care;
- B.F. Skinner and specific terms and techniques of operant conditioning;
- farm animals - used in research, prime candidates for training;
- operant conditioning - positive and negative reinforcement or escape/avoidance;
- use of negative reinforcement - modifying and controlling behaviour;
- shaping or successive approximation;
- non-human primates, and stereotyped behaviours, housed in sub-optimal or inappropriate environments;
- positive reinforcement-based animal training programme in laboratory environment;
- using basic principles of PRT - in improving human–animal relationship
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Introduction
Benefits of positive reinforcement training
Positive reinforcement training
Negative reinforcement
Training methods
Training objectives
Addressing fear
Socialisation training
Training programme development
Concluding remarks
References