Abstract: Abstract: Music therapy is currently adopted and performed in the field of clinic medicine，psychological treatment and special education for young children with autism． The effects of music on physiology，cognition and brain development of animals suggest the possibility of providing music as a means of improving the welfare of laboratory animals． However，applications of music to improve animal environment，such as stress relief and depression reduction，are much limited and greatly lag behind in China． Based on the large variety of music types and auditory difference among animals，the benefits of providing music to the laboratory animals depend on the type of music and the species of animals．

Key words: <p>music therapy, laboratory animal, welfare, environment enrichment</p>

摘要： 摘要: 音乐治疗是音乐在艺术欣赏和审美领域之外的应用与发展，已经广泛运用于医疗、心理健康和特殊教育等领域。动物模型研究表明，音乐对动物生理、认知均有影响，提示音乐可以用来提高实验动物的环境丰富度，改善动物的福利水平。但是音乐在实验动物福利方面的应用十分滞后。基于音乐风格内容的多样性和动物听觉系统的差异，音乐对于实验动物的福利水平取决于音乐的类型和实验动物的品种。

关键词: <, p>, 音乐治疗, 实验动物, 福利, 环境丰富度<, /p>