P.E.T.® Primate Foraging Unit

In research involving animals, the well being of the subjects is paramount. Every aspect of housing, handling and care that constitutes the animal’s physical environment is important. Primates in the wild spend much of their lives foraging for food; not so in a laboratory or research facility. To prevent the development of excessive behaviours and to create a more natural environment for the primate, Lomir has developed Primate Enrichment Technologies – P.E.T.®.

These devices enable primates to feed themselves in a way that closely mimics foraging, parceling out the food in hollows where the primate must seek it out and extract it on its own initiative.