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Behavioral patterns of laboratory Mongolian gerbils by sex and housing condition: a case study with an emphasis on sleeping patterns
2019, Journal of Veterinary BehaviorCitation Excerpt :The high prevalence of sleeping behavior observed during the study (gerbils allocated more than 50% of the observation time to this state) led us to conduct further analyses aimed at analyzing the distribution of this behavior across different segments of the day. Behavioral evidence is important when assessing and making decisions regarding laboratory animal welfare (Beaver, 2010a,b). We expect that the behavioral methodology described here and the preliminary findings we offer could be used to inform and study further the management and well-being of M. unguiculatus in captivity, including investigating relationships between different behavioral dimensions and normal and pathological biological functions (Von der Behrens, 2014).
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