Preference of Guinea Pigs for Bedding Materials: Wood Shavings versus Paper Cutting Sheet.

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  • KAWAKAMI Kohei
    Institute of Experimental Animals, Shimane Medical University
  • TAKEUCHI Takashi
    Institute of Experimental Animals, Shimane Medical University
  • YAMAGUCHI Shinpei
    Institute of Experimental Animals, Shimane Medical University
  • AGO Akio
    Institute of Experimental Animals, Shimane Medical University
  • NOMURA Masato
    Department of Chemistry and Environmental Technology, School of Engineering, Kinki University
  • GONDA Tatsuo
    Institute of Experimental Animals, Shimane Medical University
  • KOMEMUSHI Sadao
    Department of Environmental Biology and Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University

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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 30 min in the light, preferring WS to PS regardless of ages. Over both light and dark periods for 24 h, 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. <br>

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  • Experimental Animals

    Experimental Animals 52 (1), 11-15, 2003

    Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science

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