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App. IV Behaviour catalogue. Description of behavioural codes for analyses of video-tapes withObserver Version 5.0 (Noldus). *Analysis of rearing was made for rearing including rearing on thewire and separately, after subtraction of rearing on the wire. **Summation was calculated afterObserver-analyses.Behaviourwheel-runningrunningrestingrearingclimbinggnawingwire gnawinggroomingfeedingdiggingdrinkingunknownLocationrunning-wheelrunning wheel framebehind runningwheelon running-wheel**sand bathwirewater bottlefood bowlon houseopen spacedepthcorner behind wheellocation unknownDescriptionUse of running wheelHorizontal locomotionStanding on all four limbs, resting, includes sniffling and stretchingRise of at least one limb, standing on hind legs. Includes rearing on the wirewhich means that one ore two legs were put on the wire. Rearing on the wireoccurred often between wire gnawing bouts.*Climbing at the wire, no contact to the floor, resting in a climbing position atthe wire, hanging at the wire topGnawing at twigs, cardboard box, wooden house, hey or strawGnawing at bars or at the water bottle, bouts were frequently interrupted byrearing at the wire.Grooming and scratching movements or wallowing in the sand bathDealing with food, sniffling at food, eating food, filling cheek pouches withfoodDigging trough the litter, pawing in the litter or the sand, but also pawing onthe seam of the plastic bowl.Mouth on the front of the water bottle tube, not gnawing.The behaviour of the hamster could not be determined because the hamsterwas hidden or visibility was poorDescriptionAny activity inside the wheel.Sitting, resting or climbing on the frame of the wheel. Hamster is always insightHamster is not in sight, behind the wheel, between wheel and wire.Summation of the time spent behind the wheel and on the frame of the wheelThe hamster has at least one pair of limbs in the sand bathAny activity during which the hamster has at least one limb on the wire.Drinking or gnawing on the water bottleThe hamster has at least one pair of limbs in the food bowlThe hamster has at least one limb on the houseThe hamster is somewhere in the open space between the other locations,not in the depthThe hamster is hidden in the depth of the litter, or is digging in the litter whilesome body parts are hidden in the litter.The hamster stays in the corner between the wheel and the wire. This is adark place where hamsters are hidden. The behaviour analysis is not alwayspossible.If location is not determinable.54
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Table of contentPage1 Zusammenfassu
Page 5 and 6: eingerichtet. Die Laufradaktivität
Page 7 and 8: 2 Behaviour of golden hamsters (Mes
Page 9 and 10: IntroductionHamsters are common lab
Page 11 and 12: MethodsAnimals and housing conditio
Page 13 and 14: weaningvideorecordingvideorecording
Page 15 and 16: ResultsBehaviourHamsters devoted mo
Page 17 and 18: Tab. 2 Post-hoc comparisons of runn
Page 19 and 20: GroomingAll hamsters were observed
Page 21 and 22: Open spaceUsage of open space was p
Page 23 and 24: Stress hormones and organsNeither s
Page 25 and 26: directed exploration, which, after
Page 27 and 28: top wire. Some hamsters used to cli
Page 29 and 30: Autopsies of the three hamsters tha
Page 31 and 32: ReferencesBantin G.C. and Sanders P
Page 33 and 34: Sherwin C.M., 1998. Voluntary wheel
Page 35 and 36: 3 CAN WE TELL HAMSTERS ARE STRESSED
Page 37 and 38: IntroductionConcentrations of gluco
Page 39 and 40: The experiments were approved by th
Page 41 and 42: ResultsMales had generally higher v
Page 43 and 44: Fig. 1 The concentration of cortiso
Page 45 and 46: ACTHLevels of ACTH were significant
Page 47 and 48: ACTH-Challenge TestIn the ACTH-chal
Page 49 and 50: negative feedback of cortisol: incr
Page 51 and 52: ConclusionsSince the stress respons
Page 53 and 54: Kuhnen, G., Werner, R. 1998. Plasma
Page 55: 4 AppendixApp. I Cage size 1 (right
Page 59: 5 DanksagungenIch möchte allen dan
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