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| Title |
Heat or Insulation: Behavioral Titration of Mouse Preference for Warmth or Access to a Nest
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0032799 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brianna N. Gaskill, Christopher J. Gordon, Edmond A. Pajor, Jeffrey R. Lucas, Jerry K. Davis, Joseph P. Garner |
| Abstract |
In laboratories, mice are housed at 20-24°C, which is below their lower critical temperature (≈30°C). This increased thermal stress has the potential to alter scientific outcomes. Nesting material should allow for improved behavioral thermoregulation and thus alleviate this thermal stress. Nesting behavior should change with temperature and material, and the choice between nesting or thermotaxis (movement in response to temperature) should also depend on the balance of these factors, such that mice titrate nesting material against temperature. Naïve CD-1, BALB/c, and C57BL/6 mice (36 male and 36 female/strain in groups of 3) were housed in a set of 2 connected cages, each maintained at a different temperature using a water bath. One cage in each set was 20°C (Nesting cage; NC) while the other was one of 6 temperatures (Temperature cage; TC: 20, 23, 26, 29, 32, or 35°C). The NC contained one of 6 nesting provisions (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10g), changed daily. Food intake and nest scores were measured in both cages. As the difference in temperature between paired cages increased, feed consumption in NC increased. Nesting provision altered differences in nest scores between the 2 paired temperatures. Nest scores in NC increased with increasing provision. In addition, temperature pairings altered the difference in nest scores with the smallest difference between locations at 26°C and 29°C. Mice transferred material from NC to TC but the likelihood of transfer decreased with increasing provision. Overall, mice of different strains and sexes prefer temperatures between 26-29°C and the shift from thermotaxis to nest building is seen between 6 and 10 g of material. Our results suggest that under normal laboratory temperatures, mice should be provided with no less than 6 grams of nesting material, but up to 10 grams may be needed to alleviate thermal distress under typical temperatures. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 10 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | 10% |
| Egypt | 1 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 6 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 7 | 70% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 20% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 177 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 165 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 34 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 29 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 36 | 20% |
| Unknown | 27 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 62 | 35% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 19 | 11% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 16 | 9% |
| Neuroscience | 14 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 29 | 16% |
| Unknown | 29 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 41. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 January 2024.
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#1,000,755
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#12,961
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#4,799
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Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#188
of 3,735 outputs
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