Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17387
Title: Assessing stability of body weight in the brushtail possum ('Trichosurus vulpecula')
Contributor(s): Cameron, Kristie E (author); Bizo, Lewis  (author); Starkey, Nicola J (author)
Publication Date: 2015
DOI: 10.1177/0023677214541257
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17387
Abstract: When conducting controlled laboratory studies with non-traditional laboratory animals it is important that methods for determining body weight stability are reliable. This helps ensure the health and welfare of animals when they are maintained during periods of free feeding or food restriction. This study compared different methods for determining body weight stability in six common brushtail possums ('Trichosurus vulpecula') maintained on a free-feeding diet under laboratory conditions. A criterion of five consecutive weighings with less than ±2.5% change across days and no more than two consecutive days of weight loss or weight gain was judged to be the most suitable criteria for determining stability. It is important to study non-traditional animals, especially endangered or pest species, under controlled laboratory conditions and to have robust methods for establishing body weight stability.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Laboratory Animals, 49(1), p. 80-84
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1758-1117
0023-6772
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
170110 Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 520401 Cognition
520105 Psychological methodology, design and analysis
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences
970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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