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Table 2 Latency of Olfactory Investigation: Percent of Animals of Five Inbred Strains Showoing Olfactory Investigation or Aggressive Groom within first Five Minutes of Test (1) |
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| Behavior & Animal | WAG (W) |
Lewis (L) |
Fischer (F) |
Irish (I) |
DA (D) |
Statistical comparisons (2) |
| Sniff-Anogenital-Region | ||||||
| Home (3) Intruder |
40 89 |
90 78 |
100 78 |
100 40 |
80 50 |
I>>W; F>W; L>W |
| Sniff-Dish | ||||||
| Home (3) Intruder |
50 89 |
70 89 |
100 100 |
90 90 |
100 100 |
D>W; F>W |
| Aggressive Groom | ||||||
| Home (3) Intruder |
20 22 |
50 56 |
72 44 |
100 60 |
100 70 |
D>>W; I>>W; D>L; I>L |
(1) Significantly high levels indicated by bold italics.
(2) Comparisons by Fisher's Exact test for 2 x 2 Contingency Table. p < .05 indicated by >; p < .01 indicated by >>.
(3) Home rats showed significantly more Sniff-Anogenital-Area and Aggressive Groom (X²=9.6 and p < .01 and X²=3.8 and p < .05 respectively). WAG-RIJ rats excluded from analysis as described in text.
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