The effect of vasectomy and oviduct section on mouse behavior (38554).
The spontaneous movement of vasectomized adult Swiss Webster male mice was 60% less than sham-operated controls 45 days after the operation. A similar trend was recorded for tubectomized frmales. Exploratory behavior as measured by the open field test was not significantly influenced by either surgical proceedure.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D002369:Castration; D005106:Exploratory Behavior; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009043:Motor Activity; D014659:Vasectomy