Welfare of encaged rodents: Species specific behavioral reaction of voles to new enrichment items

Kapusta, Joanna; Kruczek, Małgorzata; Pochron, E.; Olejniczak, Paweł

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105522

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“…Kapusta et al (24) consideran esencial proveer el bienestar de los animales silvestres en cautiverio, ya que, dependiendo de que éste sea bueno o malo, podrán tener una buena o mala calidad de vida. Además, la capacitación de los manejadores es de suma importancia, ya que se ha observado alta influencia de la relación manejador-animal con el comportamiento de los animales (25).…”

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Aves rapaces nocturnas en cautiverio: estudio en búho Ciccaba virgata (Strigidae)

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Objetivo. Observar el comportamiento, patrones hormonales y bienestar del búho café Ciccaba virgata (Strigidae) en cautiverio. Materiales y métodos. El estudio se realizó en unidades de manejo ambiental (UMA) en Xalapa, México, con seis búhos (dos hembras en un encierro, un macho y una hembra en otro, ambos sin exhibición al público y con enriquecimiento ambiental, y dos individuos aislados, en jaula y percha, con exhibición diurna al público). Se observaron las conductas de cada par o individuo durante 120 h de filmación (60 h diurnas y 60 h nocturnas). Se midieron concentraciones de metabolitos fecales de corticosterona, estradiol y progesterona y se evaluó el bienestar con indicadores por observación y encuestas. Resultados. Los búhos en par presentaron comportamientos normales y bienestar excelente (95.5%), mientras que los individuos aislados mostraron conductas indeseables y bienestar regular (51.4%). De 24 conductas consideradas en un etograma, se observaron 11 de forma repetida en todos los animales. Las aves aisladas tuvieron mayor actividad agonista, alimentaria e individual (p<0.001) que las aves en pares, aunque esto no se reflejó en menores niveles de corticosterona (p=0.09) ni estrógenos (p=0.29) en hembras, sólo en progesterona (p=0.001). Conclusiones. En búhos café en cautiverio, la exhibición diurna y las instalaciones inadecuadas promueven la presencia de comportamientos indeseables que pueden afectar su bienestar. Por tanto, se debe considerar la utilización de enriquecimiento como la ampliación de encierros, alimentación nocturna y alojamiento en pares (hembra y macho, o dos hembras), para disminuir los efectos negativos del cautiverio e incrementar su bienestar.

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Aves rapaces nocturnas en cautiverio: estudio en búho Ciccaba virgata (Strigidae)

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“…A vast body of work explored nesting behaviors in laboratory housed nesting species, for example, bank voles (Kapusta et al., 2022; Schønecker, 2009), rats (Simpson & Kelly, 2011; Van Loo & Baumans, 2004), mice (Balcombe, 2006; Jirkof et al., 2013) and rabbits (Lidfors et al., 2007; Verga et al., 2007). While nesting behavior is applied as an indicator of rodent welfare, substantial research into varying nesting expression in specific species and its relevance for studying compulsive‐like behaviors has provided valuable insights.…”

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Large nesting expression in deer mice remains stable under conditions of visual deprivation despite heightened limbic involvement: Perspectives on compulsive‐like behavior

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Krahe,

Wolmarans

2024

J of Neuroscience Research

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Visual stimuli and limbic activation varyingly influence obsessive‐compulsive symptom expression and so impact treatment outcomes. Some symptom phenotypes, for example, covert repugnant thoughts, are likely less sensitive to sensory stimuli compared to symptoms with an extrinsic focus, that is, symptoms related to contamination, safety, and “just‐right‐perceptions.” Toward an improved understanding of the neurocognitive underpinnings of obsessive‐compulsive psychobiology, work in naturalistic animal model systems is useful. Here, we explored the impact of visual feedback and limbic processes on 24 normal (NNB) and large (LNB) nesting deer mice, respectively (as far as possible, equally distributed between sexes). Briefly, after behavioral classification into either the NNB or LNB cohorts, mice of each cohort were separated into two groups each and assessed for nesting expression under either standard light conditions or conditions of complete visual deprivation (VD). Nesting outcomes were assessed in terms of size and neatness. After nesting assessment completion, mice were euthanized, and samples of frontal‐cortical and hippocampal tissues were collected to determine serotonin and noradrenaline concentrations. Our results show that LNB, as opposed to NNB, represents an inflexible and excessive behavioral phenotype that is not dependent on visually guided action‐outcome processing, and that it associates with increased frontal‐cortical and hippocampal noradrenaline concentrations, irrespective of lighting condition. Collectively, the current results are informing of the neurocognitive underpinnings of nesting behavior. It also provides a valuable foundation for continued investigations into the noradrenergic mechanisms that may influence the development and promulgation of excessive, rigid, and inflexible behaviors.

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How to stay within the scope of Applied Animal Behaviour Science when conducting research on ‘laboratory animals’?

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Camerlink

2023

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

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Welfare of encaged rodents: Species specific behavioral reaction of voles to new enrichment items

Cited by 5 publications

References 46 publications

Aves rapaces nocturnas en cautiverio: estudio en búho Ciccaba virgata (Strigidae)

Aves rapaces nocturnas en cautiverio: estudio en búho Ciccaba virgata (Strigidae)

Large nesting expression in deer mice remains stable under conditions of visual deprivation despite heightened limbic involvement: Perspectives on compulsive‐like behavior

How to stay within the scope of Applied Animal Behaviour Science when conducting research on ‘laboratory animals’?

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