Behaviour of newly hatched and adult Japanese quail and the feasibility of adaptation to weightlessness

The aim of cosmic biology is to create conditions necessary for the long-term stay of man on cosmic orbital complexes and planetary stations. Such conditions should be provided by the autonomous closed ecosystem--a simplified model of the terrestrial biocenosis. As an experimental model of the highe...

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Published in:The Physiologist 1993-02, Vol.36 (1 Suppl), p.S50-S52
Main Authors: Kostal, L, Bilcik, B, Juráni, M, Bod'a, K, Sepelev EJa, Gurjeva, T S, Sabo, V, Solcova, I, Sýkora, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Physiological
Age Factors
Animals
Coturnix - growth & development
Feeding Behavior
Female
Male
Motor Activity - physiology
Space Flight
Space life sciences
Videotape Recording
Weightlessness
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Summary:The aim of cosmic biology is to create conditions necessary for the long-term stay of man on cosmic orbital complexes and planetary stations. Such conditions should be provided by the autonomous closed ecosystem--a simplified model of the terrestrial biocenosis. As an experimental model of the higher heterotrophic link of this ecosystem the Japanese quail was chosen. This paper presents recent knowledge on the behaviour of newly hatched and adult quails under conditions of weightlessness. Videorecords made as part of the experiments aboard the MIR orbital station do not meet the criteria of systematic behavioural observation required for qualitative and quantitative behavioural analysis on earth. Nevertheless, the data is highly interesting and original, and was therefore analysed and summarized.
ISSN:0031-9376