Behavioral Observation
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Objective: Characterization of individual differences in pup licking/grooming behavior in lactating rats to identify high and low licking/grooming mothers
Protocol Steps
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Behavioral Observation and Classification
Lactating rats were observed and characterized on the basis of behavioral observations to classify them as either high-licking/grooming mothers or low-licking/grooming mothers based on their pup licking/grooming behavior patterns
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Note: Individual differences in pup licking/grooming were found to be stable characteristics
View evidence from paper
“Lactating rats exhibit stable individual differences in pup licking/grooming. In females characterized on the basis of behavioral observations as high-licking/grooming mothers”