Hamster

Assessing laboratory life for Golden Hamsters: Social preference, caging selection, and human interaction

Female hamsters preferred social contact with other females to solitary housing. Group-housing was associated with wounding from fights and higher rates of obesity. Since these animal prefer contact with conspecifics, and since group-housed hamsters are easier for humans to handle...

Year Published: 1994Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Arnold, C. E., Gillaspy, S. 1994. Assessing laboratory life for Golden Hamsters: Social preference, caging selection, and human interaction. Lab Animal 23(2), 34-37.

Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals (Second Edition)

Photographic documentation of enforced restraint and handling techniques.

Year Published: 1995Animal Type: All/General, Amphibian, Baboon, Bird, Capuchin, Cat, Cattle, Chimpanzee, Chinchilla, Crocodile & Alligator, Dog, Equine, Fish, Gerbil, Gibbon, Goat, Guinea Pig, Hamster, Lemur, Lizard, Macaque, Marine Mammal, Marmoset, Mole Rat, Mouse, Nonhuman Primate, Other Animal, Other Nonhuman Primate, Other Rodent, Owl Monkey, Pig, Rabbit, Rat, Reptile, Rodent, Sheep, Snake, Squirrel Monkey, Turtle & Tortoise, Vervet (African Green Monkey)

Citation: Fowler, M. E. 1995. Restraint and Handling of Wild and Domestic Animals (Second Edition). Iowa State University Press, Ames, IA.

Time of day and stress response to different stressors in experimental animals. Part I: Golden hamster

The present paper describes the effects of animal house routine stressors on [female] adult golden hamsters during activity time (2 hrs after lights off) and rest time (2 hrs after lights on). In addition, for determination of norm values, the...

Year Published: 1996Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Gattermann, R., Weinandy, R. 1996/97. Time of day and stress response to different stressors in experimental animals. Part I: Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus Waterhouse, 1839). Journal of Experimental Animal Science 38(2), 66-76.

The running cardiomyopathic hamster with continous telemetric ECG: A new heart failure model to evaluate ‘symptoms’, cause and death of heart rate

Year Published: 1996Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Dejardins, S., Cauchy, M. J., Kozliner, E. 1996. The running cardiomyopathic hamster with continous telemetric ECG: A new heart failure model to evaluate 'symptoms', cause and death of heart rate. Experimental Clinical Cardiology 1, 29-36.

Caloric density affects food hoarding and intake by Siberian hamsters

Siberian hamsters respond to food deprivation or restriction by increasing their food hoarding and do so proportionately to the degree of body mass (fat) loss. These data suggest that Siberian hamsters integrate their internally stored energy as body fat with...

Year Published: 1996Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Wood, A. D. 1996. Caloric density affects food hoarding and intake by Siberian hamsters. Physiology & Behavior 59, 897-903.

Food deprivation-induced increases in hoarding by Siberian hamsters are not photoperiod-dependent

Siberian hamsters increase food hoarding in response to chronic food restriction and food deprivation, conditions that lead to a loss of body mass and fat. Therefore, the first purpose of the present experiments was to test further the effects of...

Year Published: 1996Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Wood, A. D., Bartness, T. J. 1996. Food deprivation-induced increases in hoarding by Siberian hamsters are not photoperiod-dependent. Physiology & Behavior 60, 1137-1145.

Reduction of fever by housing in small cages

At the beginning of the experiments individual hamsters housed in small standard cages had higher temperatures compared with hamsters housed in larger cages. This was taken as an indication of a higher stress level in the small caging environment. Hamsters...

Year Published: 1997Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Kuhnen, G. 1997. Reduction of fever by housing in small cages. Laboratory Animals 32, 42-45.

The effect of cage size and environmental enrichment on the generation of fever in golden hamster

The results indicate that housing in small cages induces chronic stress which obviously affects thermoregulation

Year Published: 1997Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Kuhnen, G. 1997. The effect of cage size and environmental enrichment on the generation of fever in golden hamster. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 813, 398-400.

Revolutionary science: an improved running wheel for hamsters

Standard rod wheels (diamter 17.5 cm) are preferred to small wheels (diameter 13.0 cm). Placing a plastic mesh around the floor of the running wheel greatly increases the number of revolutions made.

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Mrosovsky, N., Salmon, P. A., Vrang, N. 1998. Revolutionary science: an improved running wheel for hamsters. Chronobiology International 15, 147-158.

Housing-induced changes in the febrile response of juvenile and adult golden hamsters

Small caged diminish the expression of fever and increase baseline rectal temperature, likely due to a higher stress level.

Year Published: 1998Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Kuhnen, G. 1998/99. Housing-induced changes in the febrile response of juvenile and adult golden hamsters. Journal of Experimental Animal Science 39, 151-155.