Investigation of Guinea Pig Performance on an Eight-Lane Treadmill

Abstract

The ability of the guinea pig to run on a treadmill for a sustained period of time was investigated as a possible exercise model. Training was conducted over a twelve-day period at speeds ranging from 0.08 mph (1.93 mpm) to 0.50 mph (11.61 mpm) and session lengths from 5 to 15 minutes. A rating scale (O TO 5) was developed as a means to score the animals' exercise performance with a mean score of two being set as the criterion for the group. of the twelve animals trained only two failed to reach this mean criterion over the twelve-day training period. The treadmill performance of the animals overall was encouraging with a mean score of 2.47 + 0.96 over the 12-day training period. Guinea Pigs, Treadmill, Exercise.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA247723

Entities

People

  • Anita V. Finger

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Army Training
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Research
  • Control Panels
  • Education
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Ratings
  • Rodents
  • Security
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Training
  • Treadmills

Readers

  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology