MOD 3 - COURSE 6 - PT 2

Question 1

WHAT DOES GRENGARIOUS ANIAMLS MEAN

Answer 1

• stressed in single housing

Question 2

what are some examples of gregarious animals

Answer 2

• mice, rats, gerbils, guinea pigs, female rabbits

Question 3

ewhats the difference between individually housed an disolated

Answer 3

• idividually housed - provided with oldactory, auditory an dvisual cues from cospecies
• isolated = deprived of all input

Question 4

when isolated what effect does this have on aniaml

Answer 4

• result in behvaiourla change - lowered resistance to stress - affect food consumptioon
  result in haematological abnormalities - produce endocrinal changes

Question 5

whats an individually ventilated cage

Answer 5

• HEPA air = filterted through top or wall of filter cages and refiltered prior to release - reduce spread of infectious agents

Question 6

what socialisation do mice require? / how are tehy housed?

Answer 6

• terriorial males with large colonies with social hierachies
• dominant males - defent: females, food, territory
  house mice together - single sex group
  males - form stable hierarchy - fighting can occur
• so males = normally housed in 3S

Question 7

how are rats socialised/housed

Answer 7

• no heirarchle system
• fights males = rare
• number of group mates = unimportant
• females = only agressive with pups

Question 8

what happens if rats = isolated

Answer 8

• altered emotional/ ear response
• provoke - variation in glucose, triglyceride and total cholesterol levels -
  isolated at weaning stage = aggressive

Question 9

what are teh socialisation and housing requriements of gerbils

Answer 9

• live in colonies
• forma stable pair bond - established ater weaning but before puberty
• no bew mate if after death of partner
• if reunited after weaning and after sexual maturity = often fight

Question 10

hamster socialisationand housing requriments

Answer 10

• copatible with own speciies - sex doesnt matter if raised together
  adults = aggressive to unknown animals apart form females in heat

Question 11

socailisation and housing requriements of guinea pigs

Answer 11

• individual = more stressed
• house in pairs - female and male - nop fighting
• female housing = fine in all umbers
• males - 3+ males = agression - agnositc behaviour

Question 12

what is agnostic behaviour

Answer 12

• threat behaviour
• aggressive behaviour
• fight and submissive behaviour
• defensive behaviour

Question 13

how do rabbits need to be socialised/ housed?

Answer 13

• dpends on area of cages - pair housing
• group housing in pen = better - in small barren environemtn can cause abnormal behaviour
• rabbits = not compatible will fight - keep litter mates together
  males adults - can fight
  dfemales adult = normally fine