Rodent

Body temperature rhythm and response to pyrogen in exercising and sedentary hamsters

Placement into empty cage of another hamster results in a significant increase in body temperature.

Year Published: 1990Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Conn, C. A., Borer, K. T., Kluger, M. J. 1990. Body temperature rhythm and response to pyrogen in exercising and sedentary hamsters. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 22, 636-642.

Activity patterns of rats (Rattus norvegicus) as a function of the cost of access to four resources

Wheel running seems to be a rewarding experience and subjects are bar pressing to obtain access to a wheel.

Year Published: 1990Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Collier, G. H., Johnson, D. E., Cybulski, KA. et al. 1990. Activity patterns of rats (Rattus norvegicus) as a function of the cost of access to four resources. Journal of Comparative Psychology 104, 53-65.

Effects of housing on social preference and behaviour in male golden hamsters (Mesocericetus auratus)

One strange male was introduced into a group of 4 littermates in a barren 5-chamber cage without preliminaries, and left with the stimulus animals for about 46 h. ... The hamsters showed an overall preference for being with conspecifics and...

Year Published: 1990Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Arnold, C. E., Estep, D. Q. 1990. Effects of housing on social preference and behaviour in male golden hamsters (Mesocericetus auratus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 27, 253-261.

Anxiety in rodents: a brief review of some recent behavioural developments

Fear, the emotional state presumed to be normally induced by exposure to potentially dangerous objects, individuals or situations. Anxiety, a less focussed, more passive and less intense version of fear.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Rodent

Citation: Brain, P. F., Kusumorini, N., Benton, D. 1991. Anxiety in rodents: a brief review of some recent behavioural developments. Behavioural Processes 25, 71-80.

Stress hyperthermia: Physiological arguments that it is fever

Manual restraint increases body temperature in rats.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Briese, E., Cabanac, M. 1991. Stress hyperthermia: Physiological arguments that it is fever. Physiology and Behavior 49, 1153-1157.

Choice by rats for enriched versus standard home cages: Plastic pipes, wood platforms, wood chips, and paper towels as enrichment items

Most [of the individually tested male] rats preferred cages with wood platforms, wood chips, and paper towels to otherwise identical [barren, wire mesh] cages. .... Plastic pipes ... were not preferred by most animals. Both wood platforms and paper towels...

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Bradshaw, A. L., Poling, A. 1991. Choice by rats for enriched versus standard home cages: Plastic pipes, wood platforms, wood chips, and paper towels as enrichment items. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 55, 245-250.

Resource location and structural properties of the nestbox as determinants of nest-site selection in the golden hamster

Dark nest boxes were preferred over transparent nest boxes.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Hamster, Rodent

Citation: Ottoni, E. B., Ades, C. 1991. Resource location and structural properties of the nestbox as determinants of nest-site selection in the golden hamster. Animal Learning and Behavior 19, 234-240.

Beddings for laboratory animals: criteria of biological evaluation

Aspen bedding was the favorite of five bedding materials.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Rodent

Citation: Odynets, A., Simonova, O., Kozhuhov, A. 1991. Beddings for laboratory animals: criteria of biological evaluation. Laboratornye Zhyvotnye 1, 70-76.

Reply to Jones R.B. 1991 article ‘Varied cages and aggression. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 27: 295-296’

Aggression between male mice were lower when cages were partially cleaned.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: McGregor, P. K., Barnard, C., Hurst, J. L. 1991. Reply to Jones R.B. 1991 article 'Varied cages and aggression. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 27: 295-296. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 27, 297-299.

Improved housing of mice, rats and guinea pigs: a contribution to the refinement of animal experimentation

It is suggested that the housing of laboratory rodents should be improved by the use of larger and moreappropriate cage types, as well as by reducing the monotonyof conventional housing systems... Guinea pigs readily chew softwood sticks.

Year Published: 1991Animal Type: Guinea Pig, Mouse, Rat, Rodent

Citation: Scharmann, W. 1991. Improved housing of mice, rats and guinea pigs: a contribution to the refinement of animal experimentation. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals [ATLA] 19, 108-114.