Accession Number:

AD0776216

Title:

The Miniature Pig: A Biomedical Model for Behavioral Studies

Descriptive Note:

Technical note

Corporate Author:

ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INST BETHESDA MD

Personal Author(s):

• Chaput, R. L.
• Barron, E. L.
• Warrenfeltz, J. K.
• Wolfe, W. W.
• Dalton, T. K.

Report Date:

1973-10-01

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

Procedures for training pigs by shock avoidance conditioning to perform a shuttlebox and a visual discrimination problem are described. Pigs achieved stable performance levels of better than 95 shock avoidance in six and 35 days for the shuttlebox and discrimination problem, respectively. Such stable and accurate performances are required for assessing behavioral effects of independent variables.

Descriptors:

• *BEHAVIOR
• *SWINE
• ANIMALS
• CONDITIONING(LEARNING)
• LABORATORY ANIMALS
• MODELS
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Subject Categories:

• Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine
• Psychology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE