CN112106672A - Feeding cage device and evaluation method for social ability of dogs and people - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of animal ethology and discloses a rearing cage device and an evaluation method of social ability of dogs and people, wherein the rearing cage device comprises the following components: the experimental dog breeding device comprises a breeding cage for placing experimental dogs and a camera arranged outside the breeding cage. The method evaluates the social ability of the experimental dog and the human according to the times and the accumulated time of the experimental dog in an immobile state and a tense state and the times and the accumulated time of the experimental dog interacting with the testing personnel, which are recorded by a camera when the testing personnel stands in front of the feeding cage within a set time, returns to the front of the feeding cage, beats the feeding cage and calls the experimental dog. The test person is a stranger for the laboratory dog. The feeding cage device is simple, the evaluation method is not limited by the age and sex of the dog and an experimental platform, the operation is easy, the social ability of the dog and the person can be evaluated simply and intuitively through test data, and the evaluation result is objective and reliable.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of animal behaviors, in particular to a feeding cage device and a method for evaluating social ability of a dog and a human.
Background
In the history of domestication of more than thirty thousand years, domestic dogs live and communicate with humans in a common environment to become a loyal companion animal for humans, and the domestic dogs and humans have convergent evolutionary phenomena in social and emotional aspects. Compared with other model animals, the domestic dog has rich social and emotional activities, mild character, high degree of coordination, rapid propagation and convenient genetic operation and cloning, and is an ideal model animal for researching social and emotional inheritance. Human affective diseases have become an important factor threatening human health and even social stability. Other model animals, while making an important contribution in human disease research, are not naturally sociable and emotionally compatible with humans and are not particularly well suited for such research. The domestic dog is used as a model animal to research social emotion, and great potential and opportunity are provided for researching pathogenesis of human mental diseases.
The existing ethological method for testing the social ability of the dogs has no standard paradigm, and takes an existing commonly used social behavior testing method 'Unsolvable desk' experiment as an example, the experiment is 3.5 x 4m (14 m)2) The test is carried out in a laboratory room, and the task solving capability of the domestic dog is tested. And feeding judgment of the test dogs was required before the test.The method needs to record and score each behavior of the experimental dog in the test process, and also needs to record the occurrence frequency, latency and duration of each behavior. And finally, converting the scores, times, time and the like into corresponding index results through a calculation formula to read the social ability of the experimental dog. The area in which the experimental dog can freely move is too large, and the participation degree of the experimental dog is low, so that the judgment efficiency of each behavior of the experimental dog in the experimental process is reduced; moreover, the experimental steps are complicated, the evaluation index is complex, and the feasibility of experimental operation is reduced; in addition, the data processing steps of the experiment are complicated, and the form of the presented result is obscure and not intuitive enough. Yet another method is the PAT (Puppy Aptitude test) character test. The test is only performed on puppies at age 49 days, and the accuracy of the results is affected by performing the test before or after the age, so that the application of the test method is limited.
Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem to be solved
The invention aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a rearing cage device comprising a rearing cage and a camera which can be used for daily rearing of dogs and a method for evaluating the social ability of a dog and a person by utilizing the social behavior of a laboratory dog and the person in the rearing cage.
(II) technical scheme
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a rearging cage device including: the device comprises a feeding cage for placing experimental dogs and a camera arranged outside the feeding cage, wherein a middle platform is arranged in the feeding cage and is connected with the bottom of the feeding cage through a stair; a trough and an automatic water fountain are arranged on the side wall of the rearing cage; the bottom of the rearing cage is provided with a feces collector, the upper part of the feces collector is provided with a water outlet pipe, and the bottom of the feces collector is connected with a sewer pipe.
Further, the cages are of regular and symmetrical geometry.
Furthermore, the rearing cage is made of stainless steel.
Furthermore, the area of the rearing cage is 1-3m2。
Further, the rearing cage device is arranged indoors.
The invention also provides a method for evaluating the social ability of the dog and the person by using the rearing cage device, which comprises the following steps:
s1, placing the experimental dog in the rearing cage, standing a tester in front of the rearing cage within a set time, and recording the times and the accumulated time of the experimental dog in an immovable state and a tense state respectively by using the camera, wherein the tester is a stranger for the experimental dog;
s2, the test person walks back and forth in front of the rearing cage within a set time, the times and the accumulated time of the test dog walking along with the test person are recorded by the camera, and the times and the accumulated time of the test dog in the immobile state and the tensed state respectively are recorded;
and S3, beating the rearing cage and calling the laboratory dog by the test person within a set time, and recording the times and the accumulated time of the interaction between the laboratory dog and the test person and the times and the accumulated time of the laboratory dog in the immobile state and the tensed state respectively by using the camera.
Further, the experiment dog in the immobile state comprises the following steps: the experimental dog is still sitting or standing.
Further, the experimental dog being in a stressed state comprises: the test dog has stiff tail or tail clamping.
Further, the interaction of the laboratory dog with the test person comprises: the laboratory dog smells or licks the hand of the test person, or the laboratory dog lays prone with the forelimb the rearging cage.
And further comparing the recorded times and accumulated time of walking of the experimental dog along with the test person, the times and accumulated time of interaction between the experimental dog and the test person, and the times and accumulated time of the experimental dog in an immovable state and a tense state respectively with reference data, and evaluating the social ability of the experimental dog and the person.
(III) advantageous effects
According to the feeding cage device and the method for evaluating the social ability of the dog and the person, the feeding cage which can be used for feeding the dog in daily life is utilized, and the social ability of the dog and the person is evaluated through the social behaviors of the experimental dog and the tester when the tester stands and walks back and forth in front of the feeding cage and beats the feeding cage with hands and calls the experimental dog. The feeding cage device is simple in structure, the evaluation method is not limited by the age and sex of the dog and an experimental platform, the operation is easy, the social ability of the dog and a person can be evaluated simply and intuitively through test data, and the evaluation result is objective and reliable. The method can be used for evaluating the social ability of the dog and the human, and can also be used for detecting whether the dog related to the development disease of the nervous system has human and dog social disorder.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below. It is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that for a person skilled in the art, other drawings can be derived from them without inventive effort.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a feeding cage assembly in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for evaluating social interaction between a dog and a person according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3a to 3c are schematic process diagrams of a method for evaluating social ability of a dog and a person according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is data of the cumulative time and frequency of test dog following the test person in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is data of cumulative time and frequency of interaction between a laboratory dog and a test person in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a graph of the cumulative time and frequency of immobility of a laboratory dog in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is data of the cumulative time and frequency of the laboratory dog under stress in the example of the present invention.
The reference numbers in the drawings are, in order:
1. the system comprises a feeding cage, 11, a middle platform, 12, a stair, 2, a camera, 3 and a tester.
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The following describes the embodiments of the present invention in further detail with reference to the examples and the accompanying drawings. The following examples of the present invention are provided herein to illustrate the present invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides a cage device including: a feeding cage 1 for placing experimental dogs and a camera 2 arranged outside the feeding cage 1. A middle platform 11 is arranged in the rearing cage 1, and the middle platform 11 is connected with the bottom of the rearing cage 1 through a stair 12; a feeding trough and an automatic drinking device are arranged on the side wall of the rearing cage 1 and are used for providing food and drinking water for the experimental dog; the bottom of the rearing cage 1 is provided with a feces collector, the upper part of the feces collector is provided with a water outlet pipe for flushing the feces collector, and the bottom of the feces collector is connected with a sewer pipe for discharging feces and waste water; the cage 1 is of regular and symmetrical geometry. The phenomenon that the attention of the experimental dog is interfered in the evaluation and test process due to the irregular and asymmetric shape of the rearing cage 1, the behavior and judgment of the experimental dog are interfered, and the evaluation result is further influenced is avoided, for example, the rearing cage 1 is rectangular; the shape of the feeding cage 1 is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present invention. A stainless steel cage for daily feeding of dogs can be used as the feeding cage 1. The size of the rearing cage 1 is moderate, and the rearing cage 1 is too large, so that the evaluation test efficiency is influenced; the feeding cage 1 is too small, the movement of the experimental dog can be limited excessively, the evaluation test result is further influenced, and the area of the feeding cage 1 can be 1-3m2. The area of the rearing cage 1 is not particularly limited in the embodiment of the present invention. The camera 2 is arranged outside the rearing cage 1 and used for shooting the movement of the experimental dog in the rearing cage 1 in the test process. The number and the position of the cameras 2 may be determined as needed, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited thereto.
The feeding cage device is arranged indoors, so that the phenomenon that excessive environmental factors interfere with the attention of the experimental dog in the evaluation and test process, and interfere with the behavior and judgment of the experimental dog to further influence the evaluation result is avoided. For example, the cage device is placed in a feeding room of a dog.
In this example, as shown in fig. 1, the feeding cage 1 is a cage of stainless steel with dimensions of 2 × 0.9 × 1.5m (length × width × height); a middle platform 11 with the height of 0.7m from the ground is arranged in the rearing cage 1 and is connected with the bottom surface of the rearing cage 1 through a stair 12, so that the experimental dog can climb onto the middle platform 11; the length of the stairs 12 is 1.46m, the width thereof is 0.2m, and the included angle between the stairs and the bottom surface of the rearing cage 1 is 30 degrees. The bottom of the rearing cage 1 is provided with a collecting tray for collecting the excrement of the experimental dog, the upper part of the collecting tray is provided with a water outlet pipe for washing the collecting tray, the bottom of the collecting tray is connected with a sewer pipe, and the excrement and the waste water in the collecting tray are discharged to clean the collecting tray by timing drainage. Two automatic drinking water machines and a trough are respectively installed on two sides of the rearing cage 1, drinking water and food are provided for the experimental dog, and the drinking water and the food are prevented from being polluted by the collecting box. The experimental dog can normally live in the feeding cage 1. The camera 2 is arranged outside the rearing cage 1, is opposite to one side of the rearing cage 1, which is provided with the stairs 12, and can shoot the movement in the whole rearing cage. The camera 2 is a Haokawav camera, and is a wide-angle camera. The whole feeding cage device is arranged in a dog feeding room.
As shown in fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for evaluating social interaction ability between a dog and a person using the aforementioned feeding cage device, including the following steps:
s1, placing the experimental dog in the rearing cage 1, standing the tester 3 in front of the rearing cage 1 within a set time, and recording the times and the accumulated time of the experimental dog in an immobile state and a tense state respectively by using the camera 2, wherein the tester is a stranger for the experimental dog.
The experimental dog in the immobile state comprises: the experimental dog is still sitting or standing. The experimental dog is in a stressed state and comprises: the tail of the experimental dog is stiff or clamped. Dogs are stressed and appear to stand still or sit still, mild with the tail down stiff, and severe with a quiet sitting with tremor. A tense dog will present with the tail down with stiffness or even a tail sandwiched between the legs.
The test person is a stranger to the experimental dog, so that the phenomenon that social activities beyond normal performance of the experimental dog occur in the test process due to the reason that the experimental dog is familiar to the test person, and the objectivity and the accuracy of the test are further influenced is avoided.
And S2, the tester 3 moves back and forth in front of the rearing cage 1 within the set time, and the times and the accumulated time of the movement of the experimental dog following the tester and the times and the accumulated time of the experimental dog in the immobile state and the tense state are recorded by the camera 2.
And S3, the test person 3 taps the rearing cage 1 within a set time and calls the test dog, and the times and the accumulated time of the interaction between the test dog and the test person, and the times and the accumulated time of the test dog in the immobile state and the tense state are recorded by the camera 2.
The interaction between the experimental dog and the tester 3 comprises the following steps: the experimental dog smells or licks the hand of the tester 3, or the experimental dog lies prone on the rearing cage 1 with forelimbs.
The social ability of the experimental dog can be evaluated by comparing the recorded times and accumulated time of the experimental dog walking along with the tester, the times and accumulated time of the experimental dog interacting with the tester, and the times and accumulated time of the experimental dog in the immobile state and the tense state respectively with the reference data. The reference data may be obtained using test data obtained by an evaluation test of a large number of dogs by the evaluation method of the present invention, for example, an average value of all test data is used as the reference data. The method can be used for comparing various test data of the experimental dog with corresponding reference data of various tests; or the social ability of the dog and the human can be evaluated by carrying out weighted average on each test data of the experimental dog and then comparing the test data with corresponding weighted average reference data. The evaluation level of the social ability of the dog and the person can also be set based on the benchmark data.
Considering that the time length of attention concentration of the domestic dog is limited, a certain time length is set for each test step in the evaluation test process, and the behavior of the experimental dog is recorded within the set time length. The set time length is moderate and too long, and the attention of the experimental dog is not enough to maintain the time; the time is too short, and the collected behavior data of the experimental dog is insufficient; therefore, the evaluation test results are affected, and the set time may be 30 to 60 seconds. The embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited thereto. The same time length can also be set for each test step as required.
In the embodiment, 12 beagle dogs are used as experimental dogs, the age of the experimental dogs is 9-11 months, the weight of the experimental dogs is 10-15 kg, and the experimental dogs are normal in body and have no limb damage after conventional quarantine and physical examination. Of these, 7 were wild beagle dogs (5 male dogs, 2 female dogs); the other 5 were autism model dogs edited by Shank3 gene (see method for establishing autism model dog of patent application CN 201811577970.2).
First, a dog was placed in a cage 1, and a tester 3 stood in front of the cage 1 for 30 seconds, as shown in fig. 3a, and the number of times and the cumulative time during which the dog was in a state of immobility (sedentary or standing still) and a state of tension (tail stiffness and tail pinching) were recorded by a camera 2. The camera 2 is arranged behind the tester 2, and the camera faces to one side of the breeding cage 1, in which the stairs 12 are arranged, so that the camera 2 can record all the activities of the tester 3 and the experimental dog in the testing process.
Then, as shown in fig. 3b, the test person 3 slowly walks back and forth for 30 seconds in front of the cage 1, and the number of times and the cumulative time during which the test dog walks following the test person 3, and the number of times and the cumulative time during which the test dog is in an immobile state and a tensed state, respectively, are recorded. In this step, the test person 2 makes at least two passes in front of the feeding cage 1.
Next, as shown in fig. 3c, the test person 3 gently patted the cage 1 for 30 seconds and lightly called the dog, and the number of times and the cumulative time during which the dog smells or licks the hand of the test person 3 or lies prone the cage 1 with the forelimb, and the number of times and the cumulative time during which the dog is in the immobile state and the tensed state, respectively, were recorded. The evaluation test for the experimental dog was completed up to this point.
Each experimental dog can be evaluated as many times as necessary according to the above evaluation method. The average of the multiple evaluation test results may be taken as the final evaluation result.
When a tester carries out evaluation tests on different experimental dogs or carries out evaluation tests on the same experimental dog for multiple times, the same garment needs to be worn, personal hygiene and cleanness are made, the phenomenon that the attention of the experimental dog is interfered due to the change of the garment of the tester or the body odor, the behavior and judgment of the experimental dog are interfered, and the evaluation result is further influenced is avoided.
Fig. 4 to 7 are test data of 7 wild beagle dogs and 5 autism model dogs in this example. In the figure, Ctrl represents a wild beagle dog, a closed black circle represents a male dog, and an open black circle represents a female dog; mut represents an autistic model dog, represented by 5 gray circles of different shades.
Fig. 4 shows data of the walking of the wild beagle dog and the autism model dog following the test person in step S2. The left side is the accumulated time data of the dog walking with the tester in step S2, and the right side is the data of the number of times the dog walking with the tester in step S2.
As can be seen from fig. 4, the cumulative time for the wild beagle dog to follow the movement of the test person within 30 seconds of the test person's return before the rearing cage (average of about 24 seconds) is much longer than the cumulative time for the wild beagle dog to follow the movement of the test person (average of about 13 seconds) which is about 14 seconds. Wherein a beagle dog always follows the tester within 30 seconds. Furthermore, the number of times the wild beagle dog followed the test person's walk (average about 3.5 times) was also higher than the number of times the autistic model dog followed the test person's walk (average about 2 times). Among them, the number of 4 beagle dogs was the highest 4.
Fig. 5 shows data for interaction of wild beagle dog and autistic model dog with tester 2 in step S3. Here, the left side is the cumulative time of the interaction of the experimental dog with the tester at step S3, and the right side is the number of times of the interaction of the experimental dog with the tester 2 at step S3.
As can be seen from FIG. 5, the cumulative time of wild beagle dogs interacting with the test persons (average of about 14 seconds) was longer than the cumulative time of autistic model dogs interacting with the test persons (average of about 8.5 seconds) within 30 seconds of the test persons who tapped the cage and called the experimental dogs. Of these, the cumulative time of 3 wild beagle dogs interacting with tester 2 exceeded 17 seconds. Furthermore, the number of interactions between the wild beagle dog and the test person was also larger (average about 4 times) than the number of interactions between the autistic model dog and the test person (average about 2.6 times). Wherein, the interaction times of 3 wild beagle dogs exceed 4.
Fig. 6 shows data in which the wild beagle dog and the autism model dog are in an immobile state in steps S1 to S3. The left side is the cumulative time of the dog in the immobile state, and the right side is the number of times the dog is in the immobile state.
As can be seen from fig. 6, the wild beagle dog is hardly in the immobile state, while the average of the cumulative time when the autism model dog is in the immobile state is about 20 seconds, and the average of the times is about 2 times, which is much higher than the corresponding data of the wild beagle dog.
Fig. 7 shows data in which the wild beagle dog and the autism model dog are in a stressed state in steps S1 to S3. Wherein, the left side is the accumulated time of the experimental dog in the tension state, and the right side is the times of the experimental dog in the tension state.
As can be seen from fig. 7, the wild beagle dog was not stressed, while the average cumulative time of stress for the autism model dog was about 25 seconds, and the average number of times was about 2.7 times, which is much higher than the corresponding data for the wild beagle dog.
As can be seen from the data in fig. 4 to 7, the wild beagle dog has better social contact with the tester, and can follow the walking when the tester walks; the tester can be socialized actively with the tester when they tap the cage and call them by hand, e.g., sniff or lick the tester's hand; and no immobility and stress conditions occurred during the test. The autism model dog has poorer social ability than the wild beagle dog in the tests, and particularly has prominent performance in an immobile state and a tense state.
Meanwhile, by comparing the data of 7 wild beagle dogs, it can be seen that the social ability is different. Their sociability can be assessed by comparing the test data of each wild beagle dog with benchmark data.
According to the feeding cage device and the method for evaluating the social ability of the dog and the person, the feeding cage which can be used for feeding the dog in daily life is utilized, and the social ability of the dog and the person is evaluated through the social behaviors of the experimental dog and the tester when the tester stands and walks back and forth in front of the feeding cage and beats the feeding cage with hands and calls the experimental dog. The feeding cage device is simple in structure, the evaluation method is not limited by the age and sex of the dog and an experimental platform, the operation is easy, the social ability of the dog and a person can be evaluated simply and intuitively through test data, and the evaluation result is objective and reliable. The method can be used for evaluating the social ability of the dog and a human, and can also be used for detecting whether the dog related to the development disease of the nervous system has human and dog social disorder.
In the present invention, terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "side", "bottom", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only terms of relationships determined for convenience of describing structural relationships of the parts or elements of the present invention, and are not intended to refer to any parts or elements of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. To those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the present invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various combinations, modifications or equivalents may be made to the technical solution of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the technical solution of the present invention, and the technical solution of the present invention is covered by the claims of the present invention.
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1. A cage device for evaluating the social ability of a dog to a person, comprising: a feeding cage for placing experimental dogs and a camera arranged outside the feeding cage, which is characterized in that,
a middle platform is arranged in the rearing cage and is connected with the bottom of the rearing cage through a stair;
a trough and an automatic water fountain are arranged on the side wall of the rearing cage;
the bottom of the rearing cage is provided with a feces collector, the upper part of the feces collector is provided with a water outlet pipe, and the bottom of the feces collector is connected with a sewer pipe.
2. The feeder cage device of claim 1, wherein the feeder cage is of regular and symmetrical geometry.
3. The feeder cage assembly of claim 1, wherein the feeder cage is stainless steel.
4. The rearging cage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rearging cage has an area of 1-3m2。
5. The rearcage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the rearcage device is provided indoors.
6. A method of evaluating the social ability of a dog and a person using the feeder cage device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, comprising the steps of:
s1, placing the experimental dog in the rearing cage, standing a tester in front of the rearing cage within a set time, and recording the times and the accumulated time of the experimental dog in an immovable state and a tense state respectively by using the camera, wherein the tester is a stranger for the experimental dog;
s2, the test person walks back and forth in front of the rearing cage within a set time, the times and the accumulated time of the test dog walking along with the test person are recorded by the camera, and the times and the accumulated time of the test dog in the immobile state and the tensed state respectively are recorded;
and S3, beating the rearing cage and calling the laboratory dog by the test person within a set time, and recording the times and the accumulated time of the interaction between the laboratory dog and the test person and the times and the accumulated time of the laboratory dog in the immobile state and the tensed state respectively by using the camera.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the laboratory dog being in an immobile state comprises: the experimental dog is still sitting or standing.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the laboratory dog being stressed comprises: the test dog has stiff tail or tail clamping.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the laboratory dog interacting with the test person comprises: the laboratory dog smells or licks the hand of the test person, or the laboratory dog lays prone with the forelimb the rearging cage.
10. The method of claim 6, wherein the social ability of the test dog with respect to the person is evaluated by comparing the recorded number of times and the accumulated time the test dog followed the test person, the number of times and the accumulated time the test dog interacted with the test person, and the number of times and the accumulated time the test dog was in an immobile state and a stressed state, respectively, with reference data.
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