CN114467796B - Automatic change action testing arrangement - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses an automatic behavior testing device relates to animal behavior survey field. The animal drinking water bottle monitoring device comprises a fixed panel and a data acquisition module, wherein a plurality of drinking water bottles which are placed upside down are arranged on the fixed panel, a counting part for monitoring the drinking water times of animals is arranged below each drinking water bottle, each counting part comprises a metal bottle mouth and a metal ring, the metal bottle mouth is communicated with an inner cavity of the drinking water bottle, the outer side face of the metal bottle mouth is contacted with the metal ring, one side face, deviating from the metal bottle mouth, of the metal ring is connected with the fixed panel through an insulating part, and the metal ring is also connected with the data acquisition module through a wire; the data acquisition module is used for recording the times and time of animal drinking according to the data transmitted by the metal ring wire. The method is used for automatically detecting the drinking amount, drinking time and times of animals.
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Technical Field
The application relates to the field of animal behavior determination, in particular to an automatic behavior testing device.
Background
The double bottle test is a widely used behavior test method, and as the name suggests, the test requires two identical water bottles, different solutions are contained in the water bottles, the two water bottles are simultaneously presented to hunger and thirsty animals (the positions of the two water bottles are periodically alternated), the animals try the solutions in the two water bottles, if one of the two water bottles prefers to drink the solutions, the residual amounts of the solutions in the two water bottles are measured in a certain time, and thus the preference degree of the animals on the different solutions is detected. Behavior such as depression and addiction can be studied according to the characteristics of the solution in the bottle. For example, when two water bottles are each holding sucrose solution and water, animals will typically prefer to reference sucrose solution, whereas depressed animals, animals with abnormal taste, or animals with poor pleasure will not develop a preference for sucrose solution.
The existing double-bottle test is mainly applied to related researches of small animals such as rodents, and usually needs to manually place water bottles and weigh the amount of solution, and can not automatically detect the drinking amount, drinking time, frequency and the like of the animals. In large animals, there is no related automation.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides an automatic behavior testing device, through set up pressure sensor and counting assembly in the bottom of drinking water bottle, realized automated inspection animal's drink volume, drinking time and number of times.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the application provides an automatic behavior testing device, which comprises a fixed panel and a data acquisition module, wherein a plurality of water drinking bottles which are placed upside down are arranged on the fixed panel, a counting part for monitoring the drinking times of animals is arranged below each water drinking bottle, the counting part comprises a metal bottle mouth and a metal ring piece, the metal bottle mouth is communicated with an inner cavity of the water drinking bottle, the outer side face of the metal bottle mouth is contacted with the metal ring piece, one side face of the metal ring piece, which is away from the metal bottle mouth, is connected with the fixed panel through an insulating piece, and the metal ring piece is also connected with the data acquisition module through a wire; the data acquisition module is used for recording the times and time of animal drinking according to the data transmitted by the metal ring wire.
Further, a plurality of brackets are arranged on the fixed panel, the brackets correspond to the drinking bottles one by one, the drinking bottles are placed on the brackets in an inverted mode, pressure sensors for monitoring the pressure born by the upper surface of the brackets in real time are arranged on the brackets, and the pressure sensors are electrically connected with the data acquisition module;
the data acquisition module is also used for receiving the pressure data transmitted by the pressure sensor in real time and converting the pressure data into water bottle weight data.
Further, a through hole for the metal bottle mouth to pass through is formed in the bracket.
Further, the pressure sensor is a membrane pressure sensor.
Further, one side surface of the metal ring piece, which is away from the metal bottle mouth, is embedded into the fixed panel through a rubber pad.
Further, the fixing panel is provided with a clamping groove and/or a buckle which can fix the fixing panel on the cage body.
Further, each of the water bottles is fixed on the fixing panel through a buckle.
Further, the number of the drinking bottles is two.
Compared with the prior art, the application has the following beneficial effects: the device can be applied to behavior test experiments of large animals, and is compatible with most large animal cages. The drinking times and time, the drinking amount and the residual solution amount of each bottle of solution can be automatically recorded when the water bottle is more conveniently placed. The automatic weighing device based on the film pressure sensor can monitor the weight of the water bottle in real time, and avoid the loss and error of pouring the solution into the measuring cylinder for weighing for many times. The drinking times and time data are automatically collected, and the data cannot be recorded by a manual method, so that data which cannot be obtained before the data are provided, and the dimension of the data is enriched.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an automated behavior testing apparatus of the present application.
In the figure, 1-first buckle, 2-water bottle, 3-second buckle, 4-data connector, 5-support, 6-metal bottle neck, 7-metal ring piece, 8-rubber pad, 9-draw-in groove, 10-fixed panel.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present application will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all, of the embodiments of the present application. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present disclosure.
In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientation or positional relationships shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present application and simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.
In the description of the present application, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; the specific meaning of the terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific context.
The terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.
Referring to fig. 1, the present application provides an automated behavior testing apparatus that may be used in the research of large laboratory animals. The device comprises a fixed panel 10, a data acquisition module and a plurality of water drinking bottles 2 which are placed upside down, wherein the number of the water drinking bottles 2 is preferably two. The data acquisition module comprises a data connector 4 and data acquisition software, wherein the data connector 4 is fixed on a fixed panel 10.
The drinking bottle 2 may be provided on one side of the fixing panel 10 by the second buckle 3 shown in fig. 1, or may be adhered to the fixing panel by means of bonding or the like. The below of every drinking bottle 2 all is provided with the counting assembly that is used for monitoring animal drinking number of times, and the counting assembly includes metal bottle neck 6 and metal ring piece 7, and the inner chamber intercommunication of bottle lid and drinking bottle 2 is passed to the one end of metal bottle neck 6, and the fluid accessible metal bottle neck 6 in the drinking bottle 2 flows out promptly, and the lateral surface of metal bottle neck 6 and metal ring piece 7 contact closely. The metal ring piece 7 is a metal ring, the central axis of the metal ring is perpendicular to the axis of the metal bottle neck 6, one side of the metal ring piece 7 far away from the metal bottle neck 6 is embedded into a fixed panel through a rubber pad 8, and the metal ring piece 7 is further connected with the data connector 4 through a wire.
The fixed panel 10 is provided with a plurality of supports 5 for placing the drinking bottles 2, the supports 5 are in one-to-one correspondence with the drinking bottles 2, the drinking bottles 2 are placed on the supports 5 in an inverted mode, the supports 5 are provided with pressure sensors for monitoring the pressure born by the upper surface of the supports 5 in real time, and the pressure sensors convey data to the data connectors 4 through data lines. The pressure sensor is a film pressure sensor, and a through hole for the metal bottle mouth 6 to pass through is formed in the bracket 5. The lower part of the fixed panel 10 is provided with a clamping groove 9 matched with the cage, the left and right sides of the upper part are provided with a first buckle 1 matched with the cage, and the first buckle 1 and the clamping groove 9 can be fixed with the cage in the experiment.
The data acquisition software can record the times and time of animal drinking according to the data transmitted by the lead of the metal ring 7; the pressure data received in real time can also be converted into water bottle weight data. The conversion formula between the weight and the pressure of the water bottles is obtained by correcting the water bottles with different weights in advance.
The working principle of the application is as follows: the drinking bottle 2 is placed on the support 5 in an inverted mode, the pressure sensor on the support 5 can monitor the pressure born by the upper surface of the support 5 in real time, the pressure transmission data are transmitted to the data connector 4 through the data wire, and the data acquisition software receives the pressure data and converts the pressure data into weight data of the drinking bottle 2.
The metal bottle mouth 6 of the drinking bottle 2 is closely contacted with a metal ring which is connected with a lead and is embedded into the water bottle fixing panel through a rubber pad 8. Therefore, the metal bottle mouth 6 is insulated from the fixed panel 10, when animals lick the metal bottle mouth 6, the capacitance on the surface of the bottle mouth is changed, the change of the capacitance can be transmitted to the data connector 4 through the lead wire of the metal ring, and then the number of times of drinking water of the animals is recorded in real time by utilizing data acquisition software.
The foregoing is merely a specific embodiment of the present application, but the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered in the protection scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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1. The automatic behavior testing device is characterized by comprising a fixed panel and a data acquisition module, wherein a plurality of water bottles placed upside down are arranged on the fixed panel, a counting component for monitoring the drinking times of animals is arranged below each water bottle, each counting component comprises a metal bottle mouth and a metal ring, the metal bottle mouth is communicated with an inner cavity of the water bottle, the outer side face of the metal bottle mouth is contacted with the metal ring, one side face, deviating from the metal bottle mouth, of the metal ring is connected with the fixed panel through an insulating piece, and the metal ring is connected with the data acquisition module through a wire; the data acquisition module is used for recording the times and time of animal drinking according to the data transmitted by the metal ring wire;
the data transmitted by the metal ring piece lead comprises the variation of the capacitance on the surface of the bottle mouth when the animal licks the metal bottle mouth;
the fixing panel is provided with a clamping groove and/or a buckle which can fix the fixing panel on the cage body.
2. The automatic behavior testing device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of brackets are arranged on the fixed panel, the brackets correspond to the drinking bottles one by one, the drinking bottles are placed on the brackets in an inverted mode, a pressure sensor for monitoring the pressure on the upper surface of the brackets in real time is arranged on the brackets, and the pressure sensor is electrically connected with the data acquisition module;
the data acquisition module is also used for receiving the pressure data transmitted by the pressure sensor in real time and converting the pressure data into water bottle weight data.
3. An automated behavior testing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the support is provided with a through hole through which the metal bottle neck passes.
4. An automated behavior testing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the pressure sensor is a membrane pressure sensor.
5. The automated behavior testing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the insulator is a rubber pad, and wherein a side of the metal ring facing away from the metal bottle neck is embedded into the fixed panel by the rubber pad.
6. An automated behaviour testing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of said carafe is secured to the fixed panel by a snap fit.
7. An automated behavioral testing apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein the number of drinking bottles is two.
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