Behaviour of golden hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) - Vetsuisse ...

App. V Number of hamsters that were observed wire gnawing in each cage size (χ 2 3 = 2.06, P =0.5581)Cage size [cm 2 ] Wire gnawing No wire gnawing Total1,8002,5005,00010,000Total10677305888291514151559App. VI Concentrations of cortisol [ng/ml] (STD) in golden hamsters under control conditions andvarious stress treatmentsyear control stress sex kind of stress author method2004 1.3 2.6 bothconspecific intruder, cleancage, day 27Taravosh-Lahn and Delville,2004 EIA2004 2 – 2.5 1.5 – 2.1 bothconspecific intruder, cleancage, day 41Taravosh-Lahn and Delville,2004 EIA2003 4.5 10 maleconspecific intruder, day28 Wommack and Delville, 2003 EIA2003 4.5 14 male clean cage, day 28 Wommack and Delville, 2003 EIA2003 6 14 maleconspecific intruder, day42 Wommack and Delville, 2003 EIA2003 6 5 male clean cage, day 42 Wommack and Delville, 2003 EIA2003 12.7 (4.47) 20.56 (6.01) male weasel odorZhang, Cao, Gao, Yang, Sun,Zhang, and Wang, 2003 RIA2001 38 65 - 70 male conspecific intruderJasnow, Drazen, Huhman,Nelson, and Demas, 2001 RIA1998 1.8 3.7 male cage size Kuhnen and Werner, 1998 ?1986 8 26 - 38 male new cage Weinberg and Wong, 1986 RIA1986 9.6 18 female new cage Weinberg and Wong, 1986 RIA1985 2.5 - 18Albers, Yogev, Todd, andGoldman, 1985RIA1985 4 60 male supine restraintOttenweller, Tapp, Burke, andNatelson, 1985RIA1972 5.9 (1.5) 6.1 (1.5) male conspecific intruder Brain, 1972ProteinBindingassay1972 12.8 (2.6) 11.9 (1.9) female conspecific intruder Brain, 1972ProteinBindingassay1970 4.5 (0.4) 62.4 (0.74) male ether stress Gaskin and Kitay, 1970ProteinBindingassay1970 3.8 ( 0.9) 24.7 (5.1) female ether stress Gaskin and Kitay, 1970ProteinBindingassay55