Abstract
Ethology (the study of animal behavior) relates to the interaction of animals with their environment, both animate and inanimate. As such, ethology has three roles to play in relation to animals used in biomedical research. The first relates to providing an appropriate environment for the animal used as a biomedical model. The second role is to determine if the species behavioral capabilities can be used to facilitate answering nonbehavioral research questions. The final area is to use the animal as a model for studying behaviors which are of interest beyond the species itself. The behavior of pigs is examined and suggestions made on their care as experimental subjects and use as behavioral models.
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Gonyou, H.W. (1996). Pig Behavior and Biomedical Research. In: Tumbleson, M.E., Schook, L.B. (eds) Advances in Swine in Biomedical Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5885-9_5
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