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Test Name |
Equipment in Core |
Species Availability |
Maximum Animals Tested Simultaneously |
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Adult Social Interaction |
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Mice |
Up to 2 animals tested simultaneously. |
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Juvenile Social Interaction |
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Mice and rats |
One animal per trial. |
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Marble Burying Test |
|
Mice and rats |
Up to 4 animals tested simultaneously. |
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Resident Intruder Test |
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Mice |
Up to 2 animals tested simultaneously. |
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Social Defeat Interaction |
|
Mice |
Up to 2 animals tested simultaneously. |
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Three-Chamber Sociability Test |
|
Mice |
Up to 2 animals tested simultaneously. |
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Ultrasonic Vocalization |
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Mice and rats |
Up to 4 animals tested simultaneously. |
Social, repetitive, and communication behaviour testing
The Animal Behaviour and Physiology Core facility was established in 2009 and provides a state-of-the-art facility equipped to serve as a time-efficient and cost-effective service for researchers in need of mouse and rat behavioural analyses.
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Faculty of Medicine Animal Behaviour and Physiology Core
Room 2538, Roger Guindon Hall (RGH),
451 Smyth Road,
Ottawa, ON, K1H 8M5, Canada
Office: 613-562-5800 Ext: 8621
Manager: Kerstin Ure, PhD
Email: [email protected]