Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan

Environmental enrichment is needed for every captive animal. Not only it is beneficial for the animal’s welfare but it also brings out the species-typical behaviour for that animal. Enrichment works on improving the state and condition of the animal. Environmental enrichment consists of novel object...

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Main Author:	Salihan, Nur Adibah Nadia
Format:	Student Project
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Applied Sciences 2016
Subjects:	Natural History Including nature conservation, geographical distribution Study and teaching. Research QR Microbiology
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24529/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24529/1/PPb_NUR%20ADIBAH%20NADIA%20SALIHAN%20AS%20N%2016_5.pdf

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spelling	uitm-245292019-06-25T01:44:31Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24529/ Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan Salihan, Nur Adibah Nadia Natural History Including nature conservation, geographical distribution Study and teaching. Research QR Microbiology Environmental enrichment is needed for every captive animal. Not only it is beneficial for the animal’s welfare but it also brings out the species-typical behaviour for that animal. Enrichment works on improving the state and condition of the animal. Environmental enrichment consists of novel objects, feeding enrichment and olfactory enrichment were used in this study. Sun bear is the smallest bear and one of the least studied animals in the world. Bear Complex of Zoo Negara Malaysia kept the Sun bear in captivity and the observation shows little movement of the bear. The value of studying the behaviour of this animal can add the information on how the bears behave in captivity and how it influences the behaviour of this animal. By introducing all three enrichments to the bears, the active behaviour was increased by 12.7% and 15.6%. Stereotypic (stress related behaviour) and inactive behaviour were seen decreasing, 8.8% and 7.3% followed by 8.1% and 4.9% respectively for both bears. Furthermore the interest of the bears was drawn towards novel objects probably as it never encounters such object before. Between the three enrichments, at least one mean value is different which means there is difference in average time for physical contact with enrichment. This can be proven with the existence of ANOVA value F(2,33) = 70.4, p < 0.000). The investigatory behaviour and exploratory behaviour displayed by the bears after the enrichment and the time spent on playing was increased. Faculty of Applied Sciences 2016 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24529/1/PPb_NUR%20ADIBAH%20NADIA%20SALIHAN%20AS%20N%2016_5.pdf Salihan, Nur Adibah Nadia (2016) Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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spellingShingle	Natural History Including nature conservation, geographical distribution Study and teaching. Research QR Microbiology Salihan, Nur Adibah Nadia Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan
description	Environmental enrichment is needed for every captive animal. Not only it is beneficial for the animal’s welfare but it also brings out the species-typical behaviour for that animal. Enrichment works on improving the state and condition of the animal. Environmental enrichment consists of novel objects, feeding enrichment and olfactory enrichment were used in this study. Sun bear is the smallest bear and one of the least studied animals in the world. Bear Complex of Zoo Negara Malaysia kept the Sun bear in captivity and the observation shows little movement of the bear. The value of studying the behaviour of this animal can add the information on how the bears behave in captivity and how it influences the behaviour of this animal. By introducing all three enrichments to the bears, the active behaviour was increased by 12.7% and 15.6%. Stereotypic (stress related behaviour) and inactive behaviour were seen decreasing, 8.8% and 7.3% followed by 8.1% and 4.9% respectively for both bears. Furthermore the interest of the bears was drawn towards novel objects probably as it never encounters such object before. Between the three enrichments, at least one mean value is different which means there is difference in average time for physical contact with enrichment. This can be proven with the existence of ANOVA value F(2,33) = 70.4, p < 0.000). The investigatory behaviour and exploratory behaviour displayed by the bears after the enrichment and the time spent on playing was increased.
format	Student Project
author	Salihan, Nur Adibah Nadia
author_facet	Salihan, Nur Adibah Nadia
author_sort	Salihan, Nur Adibah Nadia
title	Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan
title_short	Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan
title_full	Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan
title_fullStr	Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan
title_full_unstemmed	Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan
title_sort	environmental enrichments of captive malayan sun bear (helarctos malayanus) / nur adibah nadia salihan
publisher	Faculty of Applied Sciences
publishDate	2016
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24529/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/24529/1/PPb_NUR%20ADIBAH%20NADIA%20SALIHAN%20AS%20N%2016_5.pdf
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Environmental enrichments of captive Malayan Sun Bear (helarctos malayanus) / Nur Adibah Nadia Salihan

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