Table 5 Time line of breeding time and the semi natural enclosure experiment
Date | Experimental phase |
|---|---|
August 2013 | Start breeding mice for enclosure experiment (MC and CB separated in two different rooms) |
July 2014 | 7–8 males and females were chosen from the breeding rooms and placed into the MC and CB arena. These mice represent the parents of our later experimental mice |
July–December 2014 | Health checks, counting of individuals and transponder the animals which are finally to be used in the experiment; remove all other adult individuals |
December 2014 | START of the experiment; open connections between the arenas in both rooms |
January 2015 | Health check, counting of individuals, DNA sampling and transponder offspring |
March 2015 | END of the experiment |