scholarly journals Breeding and handling small wild rodents: a method study

1969 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret E. Wallace ◽  
Christine A. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Mus Musculus ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Wild Rodents ◽  
Breeding Performance ◽  
Wild Mice ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
Cleaning Methods

Breeding, handling and cleaning methods for wild house mice ( Mus musculus) are described. In the absence of measures of efficiency in the literature for wild rodents in general, measures of breeding performance and of time needed for handling and cleaning are proposed; figures for these measures are given for the cage, chute and methods here described in reference to wild mice.

scholarly journals Insights into mammalian biology from the wild house mouse Mus musculus

eLife ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Phifer-Rixey ◽  
Michael W Nachman
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Genetic Model ◽  
Inbred Strains ◽  
Mendelian Inheritance ◽  
Model Organisms ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Small Subset ◽  
Wild Mice ◽  
Wide Range

The house mouse, Mus musculus, was established in the early 1900s as one of the first genetic model organisms owing to its short generation time, comparatively large litters, ease of husbandry, and visible phenotypic variants. For these reasons and because they are mammals, house mice are well suited to serve as models for human phenotypes and disease. House mice in the wild consist of at least three distinct subspecies and harbor extensive genetic and phenotypic variation both within and between these subspecies. Wild mice have been used to study a wide range of biological processes, including immunity, cancer, male sterility, adaptive evolution, and non-Mendelian inheritance. Despite the extensive variation that exists among wild mice, classical laboratory strains are derived from a limited set of founders and thus contain only a small subset of this variation. Continued efforts to study wild house mice and to create new inbred strains from wild populations have the potential to strengthen house mice as a model system.

scholarly journals Aspiculuris tetraptera in wild Mus musculus. Age resistance and acquired immunity.

1976 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Behnke Jerzy
Keyword(s):  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Worm Burden ◽  
Acquired Resistance ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Acquired Immunity ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Aspiculuris Tetraptera

AbstractWild house mice, naturally infected with Aspiculuris tetraptera were segregated according to their weight into six age groups. The prevalence of infection and the mean worm burden of these mice were studied in the different age groups. The overall prevalence of infection was high (57% or more) in all the groups except the youngest. Mice acquired larvae soon after weaning; the highest larval burdens were reached in juvenile mice and the highest mature worm burdens, a group later, in mature mice. Older mice had fewer larvae and fewer mature worms. The mature worm burdens decreased but relatively slower than the larval burdens. It is suggested that either innate or acquired resistance could account for these observations.

scholarly journals OESTROUS SYNCHRONIZATION AND PREGNANCY BLOCKING IN WILD HOUSE MICE (MUS MUSCULUS)

Reproduction ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 233-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. CHIPMAN ◽  
K. A. FOX
Keyword(s):  
Mus Musculus ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Wild House Mice

Food and reproduction of wild house mice. 3. Experiments on the breeding performance of caged house mice fed rice-based diets

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 207 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bomford
Keyword(s):  
Gibberellic Acid ◽  
Litter Size ◽  
Sunflower Seed ◽  
High Protein Diet ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Rice Grain ◽  
Breeding Performance ◽  
Low Protein ◽  
Limiting Nutrient ◽  
Wild House Mice

Experiments were conducted on caged wild house mice, Mus musculus L., to determine whether rice grain is nutritionally adequate to support good breeding, and whether supplements of other foods improve breeding. Mice bred poorly or not at all on pure rice diets. Supplements of casein significantly increased both the proportion of females breeding (from 41 to 66%) and mean litter size (from 3.4 to 4.9). In two separate experiments supplements of sprouted rice grain significantly increased the proportion of females breeding (from 21 to 50% and from 38 to 88%), but did not increase mean litter size in either experiment. Supplements of vitamin A, gibberellic acid (GA3), mealworms or milk-ripe rice grain did not improve either breeding parameter. A higher proportion of females (67%) had litters on a high-protein diet of oats and sunflower seed than on a low-protein rice diet (15%). It is concluded that protein is a limiting nutrient for house mice fed rice diets.

scholarly journals Field trials of calciferol combined with warfarin against wild house-mice (Mus musculus L.)

1974 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. P. Rowe ◽  
F. J. Smith ◽  
T. Swinney
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Corn Oil ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Post Treatment ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Effective Combination ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
Farm Buildings

SummaryA combination of calciferol (vitamin D2) and warfarin, each at 0·025% in medium oatmeal bait, failed to control six of seven house-mouse (Mus musculus L.) populations infesting urban and farm buildings. In three further treatments with both calciferol and warfarin at 0·05 % in dehusked canary seed bait plus 5% corn oil, mortality, estimated from the consumption of pre- and post-treatment census bait, ranged between 94·2 and 97·4%. Finally, among sixteen treatments done with calciferol at 0·1% and warfarin at 0·025% in various cereal baits, the best results (97·0–100%) were obtained in six treatments where the bait-base was whole canary seed; this was so whether the poison bait was applied directly or after a 3-day pre-baiting period. It is concluded that calciferol at 0·1 % plus warfarin at 0·025 % is an effective combination against house-mice, especially when used with whole canary seed. The role played by warfarin in the poison mixture needs to be investigated further.

scholarly journals The toxicity and acceptability of the sodium salt of pindone, an anti-coagulant rodenticide, to the house-mouse (Mus musculus L.)

1961 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. P. Rowe
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Sodium Salt ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
The Difference

1. A 0·005% solution of the sodium salt of pindone was found to kill wild house-mice (Mus musculus) in 4–6 days. Mice offered a choice between this solution and water drank more water, but the difference in consumption was not statistically significant.2. The addition of 1% sugar did not appreciably alter the palatability of a 0·005% solution, but a solution of the anti-coagulant containing 10% sugar was more readily accepted than water. This preference was maintained with solution 4 months old.

scholarly journals Copulatory behavior and nest building behavior of wild house mice (Mus musculus)

1975 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 329-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Q. Estep ◽  
D. L. Lanier ◽  
D. A. Dewsbury
Keyword(s):  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Copulatory Behavior ◽  
Nest Building ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
Building Behavior

scholarly journals Field trials of the rodenticide 5-p-chlorophenyl silatrane against wild house mice (Mus musculus L.)

1974 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. P. Rowe ◽  
T. Swinney ◽  
A. Bradfield
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Corn Oil ◽  
Treatment Success ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Zinc Phosphide ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Wild House Mice

SUMMARYThe performance of the rodenticide 5-p-chlorophenyl silatrane at 0.5% in a wholemeal flour/pinhead oatmeal/corn oil bait was compared with that of zinc phosphide at 3% in the same base in poison treatments carried out against urban infestations of the house mouse (Mus musculus L.). Each poison treatment was conducted for 1 day and after 3 days' pre-baiting. The success of the treatments was assessed from census baitings conducted before and after treatment. Treatment success varied considerably with both poisons used but in general 5-p-chlorophenyl silatrane proved to be at least as effective as zinc phosphide, a commonly used acute rodenticide for the control of mice.

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