Reviewer: Dr. Stacy Pritt,
Laboratory Animal Medicine. 2nd Edition. Chapter 32. Laboratory Animal Behavior.
Pages 1240 to 1256.
Questions
1. US Federal Regulations call for the psychological well being of ______when used in a laboratory setting.
- Dogs
- Cats
- Non Human Primates
- Rodents
2. Exercise is mandated for______.
- Dogs
- Cates
- Non Human Primates
- Rodents
3. Name the three methodologies used to help determine what animals require in their environment.
4. T or F. The goal of environmental enrichment is to decrease the incidence of abnormal behaviors while also decreasing the diversity of normal behaviors.
5. Name several common strains of mice that exhibit barbering.
6. Name two inbred strains of mice that are considered more agonistic.
7. To of F. In mice, aggressiveness has been shown to be affected by intrauterine position of the pups and is not thought to be related to local placental transfer of hormones between the sexes.
8. Mice use ______clues to establish a pecking order:
- Olfactory
- Visual
- Auditory
- Tactile
9. In order, mice prefer ______to ______to ______.
- Wood chips
- Saw dust
- Shredded filter paper
D. Wire bottom cages
10. In rats, restraint devices tend to predispose them to the development of what gastrointestinal problem?
- Anorexia
- Gastric ulcers
- Diarrhea
- Cecal impaction
11. T or F. Rats tend to prefer to work for their food.
12. T or F. Guinea pigs appear to sleep for long periods of time.
13. T or F. Younger hamsters sleep more than older hamsters.
14. The main and significant drawback to group housing of laboratory rabbits is aggression, especially:
- Between females
- Between males
- Between males and females
15. T or F. New Zealand White laboratory rabbits are more aggressive than Dutch laboratory rabbits.
16. Activity levels for dogs peak when ______is/are present.
17. Destructive behaviors are manifested in dogs when what two situations occur?
18. When cats are introduced to a new litter, ______% of them will still eliminate outside the litter box after a week.
19. Name four methods use to increase the time that Non Human Primates use for food foraging.
20. How would you increase the time spent by Non Human Primates playing with toys?
21. Mirrors (chose one) increase/decrease agonistic behaviors and (chose one) increase/decrease affiliative behaviors in chimps.
22. Grooming boards have been known to (chose one) increase/decrease stereotypical behaviors in macaques (rhesus and cynomologus) and baboons.
23. T or F. An increase in personnel time with Non Human Primates decreases the incidences of undesirable behaviors.
24. Most stereotypical behaviors in farm animals are ______in nature.
- Dominance related
- Oral
- Tactile
- Vocal
25. Belly nosing occurs when piglets are weaned (chose one) earlier/later than the normal weaning age of ______to ______weeks.
26. When hens are provided perches, they have increased strength in their ______and ______bones. This is important because hens are susceptible to osteoporosis due to calcium depletion from constant egg laying.
27. Name the three disadvantages associated with providing hens perches.
28. T or F. There should be enough perch space so that at least half of all of the birds in a given enclosure can perch simultaneously.
29. Birds will ingest ______when experiencing nutritional deficiencies.
30. Pigs readily interact with what type of manipulanda?
- Brightly colored
- Spherical
- Noisy
- Hanging
Answers
1. C - NHPs
2. A - Dogs
3. Observe the animals and prepare and ethogram based on behaviors and time spent on the behaviors; offer the animals a choice of environments and see which ones they prefer (preference testing); determine how hard the animal will work to reach a certain environment (testing the strength of their preferences)
4. F. The goal is to not only decrease the incidence of abnormal behaviors but also to increase the diversity of normal behaviors.
5. Swiss-Webster, C57BL, CBH, CDF
6. C57Bl/10 and DBA12
7. F. The first half of the statement is true. However, aggressiveness is thought to be related to local placental transfer of hormones between the sexes while in utero.
8. A-Olfactory
9. The order is shredded filter paper to wood chips to saw dust
10. B – gastric ulcers
11. T
12. F – Guinea pigs do not appear to sleep for long periods of time, instead they ten to take short rests.
13. F. Older hamsters tend to sleep more than younger hamsters.
14. B
15. F. Dutch rabbits tend to be more aggressive than the New Zealand Whites.
16. People
17. Lack of environmental stimulation and lack of tolerance for being enclosed
18. 25%
19. Hiding the food; requiring them to solve a puzzle to access the food; provide food that requires processing time; decrease the size of the food so they need to find more of it
20. Establish a schedule for toy removal and reintroduction
21. Increase agonistic behaviors and decrease affiliative behaviors
22. Decrease
23. T
24. B-Oral
25. Earlier, 8 to 12 weeks
26. Leg and wing bones
27. Keel bone deformities; more cracked eggs; long or twisted claws
28. F. There should be enough perch space so that all of the hens can perch simultaneously.
29. Feathers
30. D - Hanging