Video Recording Can Conveniently Assay Mosquito Locomotor Activity

Validation of a digital video tracking system for recording pig locomotor behaviour.

We are introducing a system for automatically tracking pig locomotor behaviour. Transposing methods for the video-based tracking of rodent behaviour engenders several problems. We have therefore improved existing methods, based on image-subtraction, to offer increased flexibility and accuracy in tracking large-sized animals in situations with a constantly changing background. The improved track...

Swing Boat: Inducing and Recording Locomotor Activity in a Drosophila melanogaster Model of Alzheimer’s Disease

Recent studies indicate that physical activity can slow down progression of neurodegeneration in humans. To date, automated ways to induce activity have been predominantly described in rodent models. To study the impact of activity on behavior and survival in adult Drosophila melanogaster, we aimed to develop a rotating tube device "swing boat" which is capable of monitoring activity and sleep ...

VAMP: a video activity monitoring processor for the registration of animal locomotor activity.

In many bioenergetic investigations, the discrimination of resting and activity metabolism represents an important problem. Personal observation, a possible solution to this problem, becomes very impractical in highly automated long-term experiments. An adequate method of measuring activity should meet the following demands: it should be able to quantify the movement of several objects simultan...

Video recording and child abuse.

Recording Video in the CAVE