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Environmental enrichment using music therapy can be used to improve animal welfare and has positive behavioral effects and stress relief, as reported in several species (de Jonge et al., 2008; Alworth & Buerkle, 2013; Wiśniewska et al., 2018) [1,2,3].
Jun 1, 2022 · Finally, we introduce a conceptual framework for Auditory Enrichment Research, which underlines that music is not necessarily special and should be treated as any other auditory stimulus, and argue that the specific welfare goals, animals’ perceptual abilities, and musical features must all be considered when studying how music or other sounds can be used to improve animal welfare.
Jan 22, 2013 · Overall, music has the potential to decrease indicators of stress such as heart rate and blood pressure in some animal species, as it can in humans. But exposure to music seems to increase stress ...
- Leanne C. Alworth, Shawna C. Buerkle
- 2013
Jan 22, 2013 · Environmental enrichment using music therapy can be used to improve animal welfare and has positive behavioral effects and stress relief, as reported in several species (de Jonge et al., 2008 ...
Aug 28, 2022 · The rearing environment of pigs can cause a high level of stress due to the lack of stimuli and the impossibility of carrying out natural behaviors. Music therapy is a way to enrich the environment and promote stress relief. Few studies in swine using environmental enrichers focus on functional benefits, such as stress resilience, improved biological functions, or mental status. The effect of ...
LAB ANIMAL The phenomenon whereby listening to classical music (e.g., Mozart’s sonata K.448) can temporarily improve spatial-temporal reasoning, known as the “Mozart effect,”36 led to popularization of the concept that listening to classical music could make human infants smarter in the late 1990s.
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Jan 13, 2020 · Due to the low cost and the ease of administration of music to domestic animals, there is growing interest in adapting music therapy techniques from the human domain to improve the health and welfare of companion, performance and production animals . However, when assessing the effect of music upon nonhuman animals, it is important to consider how each species has evolved to encounter auditory ...
