Table 1.
Behavior | Test | Measure | Definition |
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Struggle | Restraint | Duration | Strain or pull against restraint and/or twist body in restraint |
Chew | Restraint | Duration | Chew or gnaw at restraint, including padding or Velcro straps. |
Infant on | Restraint, Hawk |
Duration | Infant has all four limbs on mother’s body |
Bristle strut | Hawk | Duration | Arching posture and/or strut locomotion and/or general piloerection |
Scan above cage |
Hawk | Frequency | Look to top of cage and/or move head from side to side to monitor top of cage |
Flinch | Hawk | Frequency | Flinch during presentation of hawk stimuli |
Moan | Restraint | Frequency | Moaning, crying or whining vocalization (usually associated with struggling) |
Infant ngä | Restraint, Hawk |
Frequency | Relatively low-pitched, atonal, infantile squeal by infant |