All mice of the same strain were co-housed in a filter top cage with the exception of the IRF9 KO mice which were split into two cages (total of 5 cages for the four strains).
The model included representations of potential sets of mooring gear and four Sea Station ™submersible cages (totaling 7200 m3 of containment volume).
Measures calculated for each chamber and for the 5 cm zone surrounding each wire cage included: total distance moved, mean velocity, mean angular velocity, and total time spent in the chamber/zone.
Food consumption (in g diet per g body weight per day) was calculated from the amount of diet (in g) consumed by each cage (average total body weight in g) during periods of 2 3 consecutive days.
"He's said that they kept him in a shark cage in total darkness for weeks, possibly months," said one American official.
The 28-year-old soldier has reportedly told medical staff at a base in Germany he was tortured and beaten by his captors, and once locked in a metal cage in total darkness as punishment for an attempted escape.
Although his psychological assessments are at an early stage, the New York Times reported that Bergdahl told medical officials the Taliban locked him in a metal cage in total darkness for weeks at a time, as retribution for an attempted escape.
WASHINGTON — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has told medical officials that his captors locked him in a metal cage in total darkness for weeks at a time as punishment for trying to escape, and while military doctors say he now is physically able to travel he is not yet emotionally ready for the pressures of reuniting with his family, according to American officials who have been briefed on his condition.
The counter recorded two different types of motor activity: locomotor activity due to the locomotion of the mouse along the axes of the cage and total motor activity due to locomotion plus non-finalized movements (stereotyped behaviours such as grooming, rearing, and sniffing).
No colour morph switch was observed among the 34 individuals in cages with matched background colours (6 green individuals in green cages and 28 brown in brown cages in total for both rounds).
There were thirty cages in total in five rows and six columns, and three-meter space was set between the cages to ensure the plants' access to sunlight.
