Effect of Acute isolation on some welfare indices in Mice | ||
| Damanhour Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Volume 13, Issue 1, February 2025, Pages 52-57 PDF (353.75 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/djvs.2025.295007.1132 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Safinaz A Ibrahim1; Abdelwahab A. Alsenosy* 2; Mona E Metwali1; Sherif Z Elkholya1; Usama E Mahrous1 | ||
| 1Department of Animal and poultry Behaviour and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhur University | ||
| 2Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In adherence to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, this study investigated the effects of acute stress on some behavioural indices. A total of forty male (n=20) and female (n=20) mice, aged 4 weeks old and weigh 15-25 g were provided from Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria university were videotaped in the mice' home cages to monitor their behaviour. The obtained results showed mild differences in feeding, grooming, still alert, rearing, sniffing, and burrowing and bar chewing stereotype behaviours. Although drinking, movement, sleeping, allo-grooming and aggressive behaviours did not show marked improvement during the acute stress phase. In adherence to the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, this study investigated the effects of acute stress on some behavioural indices. A total of forty male (n=20) and female (n=20) mice, aged 4 weeks old and weigh 15-25 g were provided from Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria university were videotaped in the mice' home cages to monitor their behaviour. The obtained results showed mild differences in feeding, grooming, still alert, rearing, sniffing, and burrowing and bar chewing stereotype behaviours. Although drinking, movement, sleeping, allo-grooming and aggressive behaviours did not show marked improvement during the acute stress phase. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Acute isolation; Mice; Behaviour | ||
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