This work was supported by the Translational Animal Research Center of the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. The authors are most grateful to Thomas Wacker for his technical support.

伦理声明:老鼠和实验程序的处理是按照欧洲，国家和动物保健机构的指导方针进行。 注:该协议包括干预五天（周一至周五），上周末（周六，周日）休息。该协议可以很容易地适应，以满足特定需要。 1.确定适合作为第二增强剂悬赏注:使用食物奖励，如真空包装的食品或符合食品安全标准的饲料。例如，不同种类的坚果，巧克力，软糖，或干果都适合。 <ol><li>插入的小培养皿不同食物奖励进入家庭笼（ 图1）（在0.5厘米3个）。 </li><li> 10分钟后，检查是否有剩菜。 </li><li>如果所有的奖励是在10分钟后食用，缩短时间跨度之前的偏好可被估计。 </li><li>天4和5（ 例如，Thursday和星期五），加少量首选（"赢家"）的奖励到户笼，以建立所有小鼠的做作在笼子里的奖励。 </li><li>如果老鼠不习惯于鼠标隧道，（开始训练， 例如，在上周末前至少2天）增加隧道笼子。 </li><li>重复步骤1.2 - 1.4连续3天（ 例如，周一至周三）。 </li></ol> 2.响片训练<ol><li>筹备每次训练 注意:每次需要鼠标在这个协议被解除后，将其在一个平静和温和的态度。把鼠标下用手去抬不起来。在最初的几次，老鼠可能会烦躁，但是习惯的过程将在几天后完成。如果此步骤产生的困难，它是非常有用的参考协议28"上的开放的手拔罐"。 <ol><li>准备用床上用品材料的笼子。 </li><li>茶nsfer鼠标的笼子里被训练到一个安静的地方。 </li><li>准备奖励，有一个定时器和唱首歌/目标棒组合准备就绪。 注意:如果将小鼠习惯于操作和已经信任的用实验者的关系，小鼠可以用手送入。否则，附加的奖励到棒或镊子以这样的方式，该小鼠可以保持从实验者的距离。 </li><li>取下家笼，现在作为训练区域中的所有对象（ 例如，鼠标的房子，筑巢材料等 ）。 </li><li>转笼同伴准备好的笼子里。 </li></ol></li><li>这适用于所有的培训课程一般规则 注:以下一般规则适用于所有的会话，并不会在整个协议再次提及。 <ol><li>培养各小鼠5分钟。之间30秒的培训和15秒的休息时间替代。 </li><li>让在奖励鼠标啃不超过第二。然后，花棒（含奖励）出笼子。 </li><li>执行奖励的方式如下: 1 - 行为的10场演出:奖励每一次。 11 - 行为表现21:奖励每第二次。 从行为表现22:奖励每3次。 </li><li>的训练4分钟后，所期望的行为的下一次执行是由一个累积奖池奖励加强。让鼠标在食物奖励比以前长三倍啃。 </li></ol></li><li>训练结束第1天:"用食物奖励链接二级强化物" <ol><li>定时器设置为5分钟，按开始，将鼠标隧道添加到主笼。 注:取小鼠的先天thigmotaxis的优点和隧道放置旁边的壁（ 图2）。在最初的几个会话，这将提高进入隧道鼠标的概率。 </li><li>等到鼠标检查隧道。只要备忘录Ë进入隧道，单击并在隧道的尽头呈现奖励。 </li><li>让在奖励鼠标饲料而坐在隧道。 </li><li>而鼠标是坐在隧道按连续15秒。 </li><li>当鼠标离开隧道，回到步骤3.2。 </li></ol></li><li>培训课程天2 - 5:"通过隧道暗战" <ol><li>定时器设置为5分钟，按开始，将鼠标隧道添加到主笼。 </li><li>当鼠标进入隧道后，单击并在隧道的尽头呈现奖励。 </li><li>只要鼠标在隧道中，单击并立即呈现奖励以同样的方式。 </li><li>重复此为下一个30秒，再暂停15秒采取隧道出笼子。 </li><li>再次添加隧道，当鼠标再次进入隧道立即点击。 </li><li>目前该奖励在隧道的尽头。 </li><li>让鼠标咋长达1秒。 </li&gt; <li>拿走奖励。 </li><li>只要鼠标开始重新进入由本身的隧道，呈现奖励在隧道（ 图3）的端部的前方。 </li></ol></li><li>训练结束第2周:"经过一个目标棒" <ol><li>定时器设置为5分钟，按下启动，并把地球在笼子目标棒的末端。 </li><li>只要鼠标示出了在全球的兴趣，点击并呈现旁边的地球的奖励（ 图4和5）。 </li><li>奖励倒是用它的鼻子地球后才鼠标。 </li><li>当鼠标已链接的执行行动，奖励，培训会（ 图6）时改变地球的位置。 </li><li>等待鼠标满足这一最后的挑战。 </li><li>将全球在笼子里。 </li><li>鼠标触及全球前不久，缓慢而仔细地1厘米改变地球的位置。 </l我&gt; <li>点击和奖励如果鼠标已经越过的距离，触动全球。 </li><li>直到鼠标遵循可靠地重复此过程。 </li><li>慢慢地延长鼠标有跨越的距离。 </li></ol></li><li>培训课程每周3:"继目标粘在实验者的手" <ol><li>将一只手在训练笼按住唱首歌/目标棒组合，并用另一只手的奖励。 </li><li>定时器设置为5分钟，按启动，并放置在全球在旁边的手的目标棒的端头。 </li><li>当鼠标显示在全球的利益，请点击并提出旁边的全球奖励。 </li><li>只要鼠标已满足这种挑战，移动地球几个步骤靠近手。 </li><li>将地球上的手掌。单击并同时鼠标坐在手掌（ 图7）奖励。 </li></ol></li></ol>

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有效实施与男女各12只BALB / c近交系小鼠的队列唱首歌培训协议被证明是简单的。以前的研究已经证实唱首歌培训的效果与几个品种，我们扩展了这个小鼠。由于老鼠是实验动物中最低的开发哺乳动物，他们的能力常常被低估。因此，数据的最令人吃惊的一方面是，训练成功可以与几乎所有小鼠来实现。 此协议中的一个关键步骤是第二加强件，这是为了建立显示行为和加强之?...

新的细化策略实验室老鼠的发展是一个具有挑战性的任务，有助于3R原则的实验动物科学1的履行（替代，减少和细化）。在细化方面的改进可以进一步促进数以百万计的动物被用于实验目的福祉。因此，需要在该领域的深入研究。这也是一个定义的欧盟指令六十三分之二千零十的目的。指令63分之2010/ EU指出，实验动物的生存经验已得到加强，而且"机构应当建立适合于动物的习惯和培训计划，程序和项目的长度"（第3.7条）2。 而他们被关押和饲养实验，实验动物可以经历许多紧张的情况下。一般，劳动力之间的相互作用atory小鼠和负责人是相当有限的。因此，互相信任的关系就不能发展。这可引起在反应处理增加的焦虑和压力，这是不利的动物3，4，5，6的行为和生理的，因此，福祉。此外，常规进行的实验室程序像一般处理，克制，血液或组织取样可引起应激反应，这可以通过测量不同的参数，如压力荷尔蒙或行为7,8进行检查。它已经显示，处理的程序可以有效地降低朝向研究者焦虑在实验室啮齿动物9，10，11。处理程序，因此可以提高动物条件和可能大大有助于动物福利5。 这项研究的目的是引入小鼠作为特定处理程序积极强化训练。正强化训练是操作性条件反射的一种形式，让研究者塑造动物行为的一种手段。当动物执行所期望的行为，它后面是一个正刺激（这里，食物奖励）。我们的目的是，动物链接奖励到相应的行为。响片训练是使用空调的二级强化物正强化培训的形式，"咔嚓"一唱首歌声音，并已被证明为加强特定的行为12。 更具体而言，点击声用作行为和即将到来的奖励13之间的"时间桥"。培训师点击正是当动物执行所需的行为，没有任何时间延迟14，然后介绍了食物奖励。这增强了奖励行为，这将具有更高的频率来执行。响片训练是广泛与伴侣动物使用，并作出了自己的方式进入实验动物科学，它已与非人灵长类动物13，15，16已成功实施。由于老鼠当操作性条件反射范式的挑战很快就学会相反，引入第二增强剂不应过度紧张他们的认知能力5，17，18，19。 通过引入响片训练小鼠的饲养，我们只能够体验到认知富集。认知富集的设计必须使老鼠用他们的认知技能SOLVE麻烦并得到控制他们的环境20,21。不同种类的几项研究证明认知富集对圈养动物22，23，24福利的积极影响。加强动物与环境挑战成功应对的能力，有助于他们的福利25,26。 此外，如果动物在其一生中会遇到的应力水平较低，它们不易于开发当与发生在生物医学研究中的压力源面临不利的应对策略。因此，始终如一地贯彻认知富集可以向受试者的表型的同质化。这将有助于减少的3R原则，因为它可以减少所需的对象的数目以满足统计要求27。 通过开发可靠的协议，可以轻松集成到饲养实验室老鼠的作息，我们可以显着提高福利的一生经历。

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introducing clicker training as a cognitive enrichment for laboratory mice

Establishing new refinement strategies in laboratory animal science is a central goal in fulfilling the requirements of Directive 2010/63/EU. Previous research determined a profound impact of gentle handling protocols on the well-being of laboratory mice. By introducing clicker training to the keeping of mice, not only do we promote the amicable treatment of mice, but we also enable them to experience cognitive enrichment. Clicker training is a form of positive reinforcement training using a conditioned secondary reinforcer, the "click" sound of a clicker, which serves as a time bridge between the strengthened behavior and an upcoming reward. The effective implementation of the clicker training protocol with a cohort of 12 BALB/c inbred mice of each sex proved to be uncomplicated. The mice learned rather quickly when challenged with tasks of the clicker training protocol, and almost all trained mice overcame the challenges they were given (100% of female mice and 83% of male mice). This study has identified that clicker training for mice strongly correlates with reduced fear in the mice during human-mice interactions, as shown by reduced anxiety-related behaviors (e.g., defecation, vocalization, and urination) and fewer depression-like behaviors (e.g., floating). By developing a reliable protocol that can be easily integrated into the daily routine of the keeping of laboratory mice, the lifetime experience of welfare in the mice can be improved substantially.

的最重要的步骤，第一和还一个是一个适当的食物奖励的确定。因此，将小鼠提供不同种类的螺母，糖溶液，果酱，和不同类型的巧克力在培养皿中（ 图1）。根据我们的经验，在小鼠表现为白巧克力明显偏好。因此，我们用白巧克力所有进一步的培训过程。 实际培训与男女各12只BALB / c近交系小鼠的队列来实现。...

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Introducing Clicker Training as a Cognitive Enrichment for Laboratory Mice

The development of new refinement strategies for laboratory mice is a challenging task that contributes towards fulfilling the 3R principle. This protocol introduces clicker training as a cognitive enrichment program for laboratory mice.

引进响片训练为实验室老鼠认知富集

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12.8K 次观看.  Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. The development of new refinement strategies for laboratory mice is a challenging task that contributes towards fulfilling the 3R principle. This protocol introduces clicker training as a cognitive enrichment program for laboratory mice. 

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Automated, Quantitative Cognitive/Behavioral Screening of Mice: For Genetics, Pharmacology, Animal Cognition and Undergraduate Instruction

We describe a high-throughput, high-volume, fully automated, live-in 24/7 behavioral testing system for assessing the effects of genetic and pharmacological manipulations on basic mechanisms of cognition and learning in mice. A standard polypropylene mouse housing tub is connected through an acrylic tube to a standard commercial mouse test box. The test box has 3 hoppers, 2 of which are connected to pellet feeders. All are internally illuminable with an LED and monitored for head entries by infrared (IR) beams. Mice live in the environment, which eliminates handling during screening. They obtain their food during two or more daily feeding periods by performing in operant (instrumental) and Pavlovian (classical) protocols, for which we have written protocol-control software and quasi-real-time data analysis and graphing software. The data analysis and graphing routines are written in a MATLAB-based language created to simplify greatly the analysis of large time-stamped behavioral and physiological event records and to preserve a full data trail from raw data through all intermediate analyses to the published graphs and statistics within a single data structure. The data-analysis code harvests the data several times a day and subjects it to statistical and graphical analyses, which are automatically stored in the &#34;cloud&#34; and on in-lab computers. Thus, the progress of individual mice is visualized and quantified daily. The data-analysis code talks to the protocol-control code, permitting the automated advance from protocol to protocol of individual subjects. The behavioral protocols implemented are matching, autoshaping, timed hopper-switching, risk assessment in timed hopper-switching, impulsivity measurement, and the circadian anticipation of food availability. Open-source protocol-control and data-analysis code makes the addition of new protocols simple. Eight test environments fit in a 48 in x 24 in x 78 in&#160;cabinet; two such cabinets (16 environments) may be controlled by one computer.

Fully automated system for measuring physiologically meaningful properties of the mechanisms mediating spatial localization, temporal localization, duration, rate&#160;and probability estimation, risk assessment, impulsivity, and the accuracy and precision of memory, in order to assess the effects of genetic and pharmacological manipulations on foundational mechanisms of cognition in mice.

小鼠自动化，定量认知/行为筛选：对于遗传学，药理学，动物认知与本科教学

We describe a high-throughput, high-volume, fully automated, live-in 24/7 behavioral testing system for assessing the effects of genetic and ...

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行为学

A Fully Automated Rodent Conditioning Protocol for Sensorimotor Integration and Cognitive Control Experiments

Rodents have been traditionally used as a standard animal model in laboratory experiments involving a myriad of sensory, cognitive, and motor tasks. Higher cognitive functions that require precise control over sensorimotor responses such as decision-making and attentional modulation, however, are typically assessed in nonhuman primates. Despite the richness of primate behavior that allows multiple variants of these functions to be studied, the rodent model remains an attractive, cost-effective alternative to primate models. Furthermore, the ability to fully automate operant conditioning in rodents adds unique advantages over the labor intensive training of nonhuman primates while studying a broad range of these complex functions.
Here, we introduce a protocol for operantly conditioning rats on performing working memory tasks. During critical epochs of the task, the protocol ensures that the animal's overt movement is minimized by requiring the animal to 'fixate' until a Go cue is delivered, akin to nonhuman primate experimental design. A simple two alternative forced choice task is implemented to demonstrate the performance. We discuss the application of this paradigm to other tasks.

A fully automated protocol for rodent operant conditioning is proposed. The protocol relies on precise temporal control of behavioral events to investigate the extent to which this control influences neural activity underlying sensorimotor integration and cognitive control experiments.

为感觉运动整合与认知控制实验完全自动化的啮齿动物调理协议

Rodents have been traditionally used as a standard animal model in laboratory experiments involving a myriad of sensory, cognitive, and motor tasks. ...

The Attentional Set Shifting Task: A Measure of Cognitive Flexibility in Mice

Cognitive impairment, particularly involving dysfunction of circuitry within the prefrontal cortex (PFC), represents a core feature of many neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders, including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. Deficits in cognitive function also represent the most difficult symptom domain&#160;to successfully treat, as serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants have only modest effects. Functional neuroimaging studies and postmortem analysis of human brain tissue implicate the PFC as being a primary region of dysregulation in patients with these disorders. However, preclinical behavioral assays used to assess these deficits in mouse models which can be readily manipulated genetically and could provide the basis for studies of new treatment avenues have been underutilized. Here we describe the adaptation of a behavioral assay, the attentional set shifting task (AST), to be performed in mice to assess prefrontal cortex mediated cognitive deficits. The neural circuits underlying behavior during the AST are highly conserved across humans, nonhuman primates and rodents, providing excellent face, construct and predictive validity.

The goal of this protocol is to perform a behavioral assay such as the attentional set shifting task (AST) to assess prefrontal cortex-mediated cognitive flexibility in mice.

在注意定势转移任务:测量小鼠认知的灵活性

Cognitive impairment, particularly involving dysfunction of circuitry within the prefrontal cortex (PFC), represents a core feature of many ...

The Use of the Puzzle Box as a Means of Assessing the Efficacy of Environmental Enrichment

Environmental enrichment can dramatically influence the development and function of neural circuits. Further, enrichment has been shown to successfully delay the onset of symptoms in models of Huntington&#8217;s disease 1-4, suggesting environmental factors can evoke a neuroprotective effect against the progressive, cellular level damage observed in neurodegenerative disorders. The ways in which an animal can be environmentally enriched, however, can vary considerably. Further, there is no straightforward manner in which the effects of environmental enrichment can be assessed: most methods require either fairly complicated behavioral paradigms and/or postmortem anatomical/physiological analyses. This protocol describes the use of a simple and inexpensive behavioral assay, the Puzzle Box 5-7 as a robust means of determining the efficacy of increased social, sensory and motor stimulation on mice compared to cohorts raised in standard laboratory conditions. This simple problem solving task takes advantage of a rodent&#8217;s innate desire to avoid open enclosures by seeking shelter. Cognitive ability is assessed by adding increasingly complex impediments to the shelter&#8217;s entrance. The time a given subject takes to successfully remove the obstructions and enter the shelter serves as the primary metric for task performance. This method could provide a reliable means of rapidly assessing the efficacy of different enrichment protocols on cognitive function, thus paving the way for systematically determining the role specific environmental factors play in delaying the onset of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disease.

Environmental enrichment provides a potential protective effect against neurodegenerative disorders. Currently, however, there is no easy way of determining the efficacy of enrichment procedures. This protocol describes a simple &#8220;Puzzle Box&#8221; method for assessing an animal&#8217;s cognitive function, in order to reveal the effectiveness of environmental enrichment.

该拼图方块的使用作为评价环境富集的功效的一种手段

Environmental enrichment can dramatically influence the development and function of neural circuits.  Further, enrichment has been shown to successfully ...

Quantifying Social Motivation in Mice Using Operant Conditioning

In this protocol, social motivation is measured in mice through a pair of operant conditioning paradigms. To conduct the experiments, two-chambered shuttle boxes were equipped with two operant levers (left and right) and a food receptacle in one chamber, which was then divided from the second chamber by an automated guillotine door covered by a wire grid. Different stimulus mice, rotated across testing days, served as a social stimulus behind the wire grid, and were only visible following the opening of the guillotine door. Test mice were trained to lever press in order to open the door and gain access to the stimulus partner for 15 sec. The number of lever presses required to obtain the social reward progressively increased on a fixed schedule of 3. Testing sessions ended after test mice stopped lever pressing for 5 consecutive minutes. The last reinforced ratio or breakpoint can be used as a quantitative measure of social motivation. For the second paradigm, test mice were trained to discriminate between left and right lever presses in order to obtain either a food reward or the social reward. Mice were rewarded for every 3 presses of each respective lever. The number of food and social rewards can be compared as a measurement of the value placed upon each reward. The ratio of each reward type can also be compared between mouse strains and the change in this ratio can be monitored within testing sessions to measure satiation with a given reward type. Both of these operant conditioning paradigms are highly useful for the quantification of social motivation in mouse models of autism and other disorders of social behavior.

This article describes a new protocol for the quantitative measurement of social motivation in mice using operant conditioning for a social reward. The protocol is useful for the measurement of social motivation in mouse models of autism and other disorders of social behavior.

量化的社会动机小鼠使用操作条件反射

In this protocol, social motivation is measured in mice through a pair of operant conditioning paradigms. To conduct the experiments, two-chambered ...

A Fully Automated and Highly Versatile System for Testing Multi-cognitive Functions and Recording Neuronal Activities in Rodents

We have developed a fully automated system for operant behavior testing and neuronal activity recording by which multiple cognitive brain functions can be investigated in a single task sequence. The unique feature of this system is a custom-made, acoustically transparent chamber that eliminates many of the issues associated with auditory cue control in most commercially available chambers. The ease with which operant devices can be added or replaced makes this system quite versatile, allowing for the implementation of a variety of auditory, visual, and olfactory behavioral tasks. Automation of the system allows fine temporal (10 ms) control and precise time-stamping of each event in a predesigned behavioral sequence. When combined with a multi-channel electrophysiology recording system, multiple cognitive brain functions, such as motivation, attention, decision-making, patience, and rewards, can be examined sequentially or independently.

In this report, we present a fully automated and highly versatile system capable of simultaneously testing multi-cognitive behaviors and recording neuronal activities for rodents.

一个多认知功能测试，并记录在啮齿动物的神经元活动的完全自动化和高度灵活的系统

We have developed a fully automated system for operant behavior testing and neuronal activity recording by which multiple cognitive brain functions can be ...

神经科学

Using Clicker Training and Social Observation to Teach Rats to Voluntarily Change Cages

Cage cleaning is a routinely performed husbandry procedure and is known to induce stress in laboratory rats. As stress can have a negative impact on well-being and can affect the comparability and reproducibility of research results, the amount of stress experienced by laboratory animals should be minimized and avoided when possible. Further, the direct contact between the rat and animal caretaker during the cage change bears hygiene risks and therefore possibly negatively impacts the well-being of the rats and the quality of the research. 
Our protocol aims to improve the routinely performed cage changing procedure. For this reason, we present a feasible protocol that enables rats to learn via clicker training and observation to voluntarily change to a clean cage. This training helps to reduce stress caused by the physical disturbance and handling associated with the cage changes and concurrently enables a reduction in direct contact between animal and animal caretaker after the training phase is completed.
The implementation of clicker training to rats is fast and easy. Rats are generally interested in the training and efficiently learn the desired behavior, which entails changing cages through a pipe. Even without training, the rats learn to perform the desired behavior by observation, as 80% of the observational learning group successfully changed cages when tested. The training further helps to establish a relationship of trust between trainer and animal. As hygiene and well-being are both very important in animal experiments, this protocol might also help to improve high-quality research.

This protocol introduces a method of cage change for rats via clicker training. Rats learn the desired behavior not only by direct training but also by observational learning. The implementation of this fast and easy protocol might help to improve well-being and hygiene in rodent facilities.

用小鼠训练和社会观察教老鼠主动改变笼子

Cage cleaning is a routinely performed husbandry procedure and is known to induce stress in laboratory rats. As stress can have a negative impact on ...

Evaluating Skilled Prehension in Mice Using an Auto-Trainer

We describe a method to introduce na&#239;ve mice to a novel prehension (reach-to-grasp) task. Mice are housed singly in cages with a frontal slot that permits the mouse to reach out of its cage and retrieve food pellets. Minimal food restriction is employed to encourage the mice to perform the food retrieval from the slot. As the mice begin to associate coming to the slot for food, the pellets are manually pulled away to stimulate extension and pronation of their paw to grasp and retrieve the pellet through the frontal slot. When the mice begin to reach for the pellets as they arrive at the slot, the behavioral assay can be performed by measuring the rate at which they successfully grasp and retrieve the desired pellet. They are then introduced to an auto-trainer that automates both the process of providing food pellets for the mouse to grasp, and the recording of successful and failed reaching and grasping attempts. This allows for the collection of reaching data for multiple mice with minimal effort, to be used in experimental analysis as appropriate.

Method to assess the impact of training on motor skills is a useful tool. Unfortunately, most behavioral assessments can be labor intensive and/or expensive.We describe here a robotic method of assessing prehension (reach-to-grasp) skill in mice.

使用自动训练器评估小鼠的熟练前向

We describe a method to introduce na&#239;ve mice to a novel prehension (reach-to-grasp) task. Mice are housed singly in cages with a frontal slot that ...

基于正强化的常规兔子饲养程序训练

Training Laboratory Rabbits to Refine Routine Husbandry Procedures

Non-aversive handling and training techniques for laboratory animals are required to facilitate experimental and routine husbandry procedures, improving both animal welfare and scientific quality. Clicker training was utilized to develop training protocols for rabbits to refine stressful routine husbandry procedures usually associated with lifting (i.e., being picked up from the floor)/restraining (i.e., being held in the arms of a human) them. Thirteen female New Zealand White rabbits were trained over three weeks. All rabbits learned the predefined goal behaviors: they followed the target stick, jumped onto the weighing scale, entered a transport box, and reared while placing their front paws onto the trainer&#39;s hand. In addition, ten animals jumped from the floor onto the sitting trainer&#39;s lap and allowed the trainer to lift their paws off the surface while sitting on the trainer&#39;s lap. For some individuals, the protocols had to be adapted by additional interim steps. At the end of the training, the rabbits reliably showed the expected goal behaviors, even after short and long training breaks. With few exceptions, a familiar person other than the trainer could elicit the goal behaviors from the rabbits (generalization), though further sessions were required for generalization. In the voluntary approach test, the rabbits preferred interacting with the trainer in the 1st trial but spent as much time with an unfamiliar person as with the trainer in the 2nd trial. The behavioral observations suggested that picking the rabbits up with the transport box, as described in the protocol, instead of restraining them with the scruff of their neck and lifting them on the arm, was less aversive. All in all, the training protocols were feasible and can serve as a refinement strategy in laboratory animal facilities. In the interest of animal welfare, the training protocols should be applied wherever possible.

作者聚焦：训练实验动物进行轻柔、无压力的处理

Training protocols involving positive reinforcement for routine husbandry procedures in rabbits were developed and proved to be successful, as the rabbits reliably showed the trained behaviors at the weekly general examination. Picking the rabbits up with the transport box was less aversive than the conventional handling technique.

训练实验兔改进常规饲养程序

Non-aversive handling and training techniques for laboratory animals are required to facilitate experimental and routine husbandry procedures, improving ...

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