Living together, feeding apart: How to measure individual food consumption in social house mice |
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Authors: | Frieder Neuhäusser-wespy Barbara König |
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Institution: | (1) Zoologisches Institut, Universität Zürich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | In many studies with animals kept in groups, scientists need information about each individual’s food access without disturbance or separation of the animals. We developed an automatic feeding device that allows measurement of individual food consumption and experimental manipulation of individual food availability in small social mammals, such as house mice. The feeding device is based on radio frequency identification that triggers access to a motor-driven metal arm filled with food pellets and is mediated with the help of subcutaneously implanted transponders. |
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