Automatic behavior testing device

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic behavior testing device, and relates to the field of animal behavior determination. Comprising a fixed panel and a data acquisition module, a plurality of inverted drinking bottles are arranged on the fixed panel, a counting part used for monitoring the number of times of drinking water by animals is arranged below each drinking bottle, each counting part comprises a metal bottle nozzle and a metal ring piece, the metal bottle nozzles are communicated with inner cavities of the drinking bottles, and the metal ring pieces are connected with the metal bottle nozzles. The outer side face of the metal bottle neck makes contact with the metal ring piece, the side face, away from the metal bottle neck, of the metal ring piece is connected with a fixed panel through an insulating piece, and the metal ring piece is further connected with a data acquisition module through a wire. And the data acquisition module is used for recording the drinking times and time of the animals according to the data transmitted by the metal ring wire. The method is used for automatically detecting the drinking amount, the drinking time and the drinking times of animals.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates to the field of animal behavior measurement, in particular to an automatic behavior testing device. Background technique [0002] The two-bottle test is a widely used method of behavioral testing. As the name suggests, the test requires two identical water bottles filled with different solutions, both presented to the hungry and thirsty animal simultaneously (the positions of the two bottles are alternated periodically) , the animal will try the solutions in the two water bottles, and if it prefers one of them, it will drink the solution first. By measuring the remaining amount of the solutions in the two water bottles within a certain period of time, the animal's preference for different solutions is detected degree. Behaviors such as depression and addiction can be studied based on the characteristics of the solution contained in the bottle. For example, when two water bottles contained a sucrose solution and water, ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0003] The existing double-bottle test is mainly used in the research of small animals such as rodents. Usually, it is necessary to manually place the water bottle and weigh the amount of the solution, and it cannot automatically detect the drinking amount, drinking time and frequency of the animal.

And in large animals, there is no associated automation

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