Publications

Environmental influences on drug response in laboratory animals

Environmental influences on drug responses in a variety of laboratory animals is discussed.

Year Published: 1967

Citation: Ellis, T. M. 1967. Environmental influences on drug response in laboratory animals. In: Husbandry of Laboratory Animals. Conalty, M. L. (ed), 569-588. Academic Press, New York.

A system of caging monkeys

Conventional double-tier caging system with dark lower-rows is documented.

Year Published: 1967Animal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Coid, C. R. 1967. A system of caging monkeys. Laboratory Animals 1, 25-29.

The effect of person on cardiac and motor responsivity to shock in dogs

Year Published: 1966Animal Type: Dog

Citation: Anderson, S. L., Gantt, W. H. 1966. The effect of person on cardiac and motor responsivity to shock in dogs. Conditional Reflex 1, 181-189.

The procedures which we have used in testing the Effect of Person are as follows: 1. The person enters the room, stands in the doorway for 10 sec., then approaches the animal, and after 30 sec. pets the animal by...

Year Published: 1966Topics: Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: Cat, Dog, Guinea Pig, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate, Rabbit, Rodent

Citation: Gantt, W. H., Newton, J. E. O., Royer, F. L. et al. 1966. Effect of person. Conditional Reflex 1, 18-35.

Program clocks in small mammals

Given access to an activity wheel, small mammals spend almost all their active time running it. ... If the instantaneous speed and direction of running are recorded every seconds on a moving chart, the activity patterns obtained rival sonographs of...

Year Published: 1968Animal Type: Rodent

Citation: Kavanau, J. L., Rischer, C. E. 1968. Program clocks in small mammals. Science 161, 1256-1259.

Comparison of bedding material: Habitat preference of pregnant mice and reproductive performance

Pregnant mice exhibit a definite preference for a processed sawdust bedding material as opposed to a commercial deodorized cellulose.

Year Published: 1968Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Iturrian, W. B., Fink, G. B. 1968. Comparison of bedding material: Habitat preference of pregnant mice and reproductive performance. Laboratory Animal Care [Laboratory Animal Science] 18, 160-164.

Effect of noise in the animal house on seizure susceptibility and growth of mice

Year Published: 1968Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Iturrian, W. B., Fink, G. B. 1968. Effect of noise in the animal house on seizure susceptibility and growth of mice. Laboratory Animal Care [Laboratory Animal Science] 18, 557-560.

Development of abnormal stereotyped behaviors

Self-biting in adult, caged macaques is an aggressive response directed to the animal's own body when the threatened object cannot be attacked (p. 128).

Year Published: 1968Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Berkson, G. 1968. Development of abnormal stereotyped behaviors. Developmental Psychology 1, 118-132.

Comparison of behavioural development in socially isolated and grouped rats

Single-housed males showed reduced activity and a greater incidence of stereotypical tail manipulation [substitute social response?] and pawing with hind legs than males housed in groups.

Year Published: 1967Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Baenninger, L. P. 1967. Comparison of behavioural development in socially isolated and grouped rats. Animal Behaviour 15, 312-323.

The effect of corncob bedding on reproductivity and leucine incorporation in mice

Preweaning mortality was increased when the mice were housed on corncob bedding (22%) when compared with pine sawdust bedding (13%).

Year Published: 1969Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Port, C. D., Kaltenbach, J. P. 1969. The effect of corncob bedding on reproductivity and leucine incorporation in mice. Laboratory Animal Care [Laboratory Animal Science] 19, 46-49.