TABLE 1.
Behavior Category |
Behaviors | Definition |
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Hair-Directed | Hair chew | Mastication of either a loose or intact single strand or clump of hair from the individual’s own coat or that of another animal |
Hair-directed | Manual manipulation of an individual strand or clump of hair that may also involve placing the hair in the mouth and manipulating it with the lips without chewing | |
Hair pull self | Forcefully removing hair from the individual’s own body in tufts or strands with hands or teeth | |
Hair pull other | Forcefully removing hair from another individual in tufts or strands with hands or teeth | |
Biscuit-Directed | Eat biscuit | Biting and/or chewing biscuits |
Biscuit sort | Manual manipulation of biscuits, biscuit pieces, or crumbs including removing them from the food trough or picking through them on the ground | |
Forage-Directed | Forage-directed | Manual manipulation of forage with related chewing and consumption (note: the act of gathering and consuming forage occurred quickly and did not allow for the separation of forage manipulation from its chewing and consumption) |
Active | Active | Any normal locomotion requiring more than two steps to be taken, as well as any changes in total body posture including sitting to standing or standing to sitting |
Rest | Rest | Inactivity lasting for longer than 2 s |
Object-Directed | Enrichment-directed | Oral or manual manipulation of any enrichment device in the cage |
Cage-directed | Any interaction with the cage such the manipulation of cage doors or parts | |
Social Behavior | Affiliative | Any gesture or facial expression directed toward the observer or another animal indicating sociability |
Aggressive | Any gesture or facial expression directed toward the observer or another animal intended to threaten or intimidate | |
Submissive | Any gesture or facial expression directed toward the observer or another animal indicating deference | |
Groom Self | Groom self | Oral or manual manipulation of the individual’s own hair coat or body part without the plucking, removal, or chewing of the hair |
Groom Other | Groom other | Oral or manual manipulation of another animal’s hair coat or body part without the plucking, removal, or chewing of the hair |
Tension Related | Scratch | Brusque, stroking movement of the hand in which the fingers contact the skin or coat |
Yawn | Opening the mouth wide in a nonthreatening manner with a prolonged, deep inhalation and subsequent exhalation | |
Other | Other | Miscellaneous behaviors occurring too infrequently to allow for individual analysis |