The Miniature Pig: A Biomedical Model for Behavioral Studies

Abstract

Procedures for training pigs by shock avoidance conditioning to perform a shuttlebox and a visual discrimination problem are described. Pigs achieved stable performance levels of better than 95% shock avoidance in six and 35 days for the shuttlebox and discrimination problem, respectively. Such stable and accurate performances are required for assessing behavioral effects of independent variables.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0776216

Entities

People

  • E. L. Barron
  • J. K. Warrenfeltz
  • R. L. Chaput
  • T. K. Dalton
  • W. W. Wolfe

Organizations

  • Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Pressure
  • Anatomy
  • Animals
  • Biological Sciences
  • Cells (Biology)
  • Classification
  • Crossings
  • Detectors
  • Discrimination
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Materials
  • Radiation
  • Security
  • Steady State
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neurotoxicology

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology