Marmoset behavioral experiment box

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of animal experiment devices, and discloses a marmoset behavioral experiment box which comprises a box body and an insertion plate, an insertion opening is formed in a top plate of the box body, the insertion plate can be inserted into the box body through the insertion opening or pulled out of the box body, when the insertion plate is inserted into the box body, the box body is divided into two sub-box bodies by the insertion plate in the length direction of the box body, and when the insertion plate is pulled out of the box body, the two sub-box bodies communicate with each other. According to the marmoset behavioral experiment box, only two adjacent sub-box bodies are arranged, no middle sub-box body exists, the invalid experiment time caused by long-time staying of marmosets in the middle sub-box body is shortened, and therefore, the experiment efficiency and effectiveness are improved; and besides, separation and communication between the two sub-box bodies are achieved in the mode that the inserting plate is inserted and pulled up and down, it can be guaranteed that a passage between the two sub-box bodies is wider, the freedom of back-and-forth movement of the marmosets between the two sub-box bodies is improved, opening and closing can be achieved under the condition that the activity space of the marmosets is not affected, and interference to the marmosets is reduced.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the technical field of animal experiment devices, in particular to a marmoset behavior experiment box. Background technique [0002] In the behavioral experiments of marmosets, it is often necessary to test the preference selectivity of marmosets for different locations and spaces, including unconditioned preferences and conditioned preferences, so as to detect the natural or learned preferences. [0003] The prior art provides a marmoset behavior experiment box, which includes three sub-boxes on the left, middle and right, and one side of the left and right sub-boxes is transparent. The disadvantage of the existing technology is that the setting of the left, middle and right sub-boxes will easily cause the marmosets to stay in the middle sub-box most of the time. This period of time is useless for the location preference selection experiment and reduces the efficiency of the experimental test. and effectiveness; the sides of...

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Problems solved by technology

The disadvantage of the existing technology is that setting the three sub-boxes on the left, middle and right will easily cause the marmosets to stay in the middle sub-box most of the time. This time is useless for the location preference selection experiment and reduces the efficiency of the experimental test. and effectiveness; the sides of the left and right sub-boxes are provided with a transparent surface so that the marmosets can directly observe the external environment on the side, which can easily lead to unnecessary influence of the external environment on the position selection behavior of the marmosets, such as the left and right external environment Asymmetry, movement of people, etc.

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