Table 8.
Steps involved in creating valid subcategories of abnormal behaviours in laboratory rhesus macaques.
Step 1—Creating Initial Subcategories (Based on Table 3, Table 4, Table 5 and Table 6 and Table A1, Table A2 and Table A3) | Step 2—Expanding Subcategories (Based on Table 7) |
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Self-biting, self-hitting, and self-injurious behaviours; | 1. ‘Self-biting, self-hitting, self-injurious behaviour, floating limb, leg-lift, self-clasping’ subcategory |
Floating limb and leg-lift; | |
Self-clasping; | |
Bouncing, rocking, and swinging; | 2. ‘Bouncing, rocking, swinging, twirling and hanging’ subcategory |
Twirling; | |
Hanging; | |
Pacing and head-twisting; | 3. ‘Pacing and head-twisting’ subcategory |
Flipping; | 4. ‘Flipping and eye-poking’ subcategory |
Eye-poking; | |
Self-sucking; | 5. ‘Self-sucking’ |
Hair-plucking; | 6. ‘Hair-plucking’ |
Threat-biting; | 7. ‘Threat-biting’ |
Withdrawn; | 8. ‘Withdrawn’ |