Preference of Guinea Pigs for Bedding Materials: Wood Shavings versus Paper Cutting Sheet.
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Accession number;03A0132758
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| Title;Preference of Guinea Pigs for Bedding Materials: Wood Shavings versus Paper Cutting Sheet. |
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KAWAKAMI K
(Shimane Medical Univ., Izumo, Jpn)
TAKEUCHI T
(Shimane Medical Univ., Izumo, Jpn)
YAMAGUCHI S
(Shimane Medical Univ., Izumo, Jpn)
AGO A
(Shimane Medical Univ., Izumo, Jpn)
NOMURA M
(Kinki Univ., Higashi-hiroshima, Jpn)
GONDA T
(Shimane Medical Univ., Izumo, Jpn)
KOMEMUSHI S
(Kinki Univ., Nara, Jpn)
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Journal Title;Exp Anim
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Journal Code:Z0755A
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ISSN:1341-1357
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VOL.52;NO.1;PAGE.11-15(2003)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.2, REF.23 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;English |
| Abstract;The preference of guinea pigs for bedding materials, wood shavings(WS) or paper cutting sheets(PS), was studied. Animals aged 8 weeks and 20 weeks showed a similar behaviour pattern during 30min in the light, preferring WS to PS regardless of ages. Over both light and dark periods for 24h, guinea pigs apparently preferred WS in the light, spending much more time resting in them than in PS. In the dark, the border-crossing was significantly more frequent than in the light, and the staying time was rather longer in PS than WS. The results suggest that guinea pigs prefer different bedding materials under light and dark conditions. (author abst.) |
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