Joseph P Garner

Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences

Department: Animal Sciences
Phone: 765.494.1780
Fax: 765.494.9347
Office: POUL 206
E-mail: jgarner@purdue.edu

Area of Expertise: Animal Behavior and Well-Being

Education: B.A. (Hons), M.A. Oxon., and D. Phil., Oxford University

UFAW Professor William Russell Fellow

My ResearcherID public profile (including links to publication PDFs and citation information)

Research Program

www.mousebehavior.org - This ongoing project documents the ethogram (or behavioral repertoire) of the laboratory mouse, and includes a video library, as well as protocols for recording and scoring laboratory mouse behavior in the homecage.

A mouse nest traps heat

Using thermographic imaging, radio telemetry, and behavioral techniques, current work in Dr. Garner's lab is investigating the relationships between mouse nestbuilding behavior, the thermal properties of nests, mouse thermoregulation, variability in scientific outcomes, and mouse well-being. Read more here.

Whiskers and fur plucked from a 'barbered' mouse

Trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling) is one of the most common human disorders, affecting between 3 and 4% of women. However comparatively little is known about the disorder. Abnormal plucking behaviors are also extremely common abnormal behaviors in many species. Dr. Garner’s lab has been using ‘barbering’ (whisker and fur plucking) in mice as a model of trichotillomania. This is the only animal work currently adressing this important disorder. Read more here.

Post-Doctoral and Graduate Students

Teaching

ANSC 30300 - Animal Behavior

- Recent Publications

Kanaan, V. T., D. L. Lay, B. T. Richert, J. P. Garner, & E. A. Pajor (2008). A note on the effects of co-mingling piglet litters on pre-weaning growth, injuries and responses to behavioural tests. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 110(3-4), 386-391.

Howerton, C. L., J. P. Garner, & J. A. Mench (2008). Effects of a running wheel-igloo enrichment on aggression, hierarchy lineartiy, and stereotypy in group-housed made CD-1 (ICR) mice. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 115, 90-103.

Marchant-Forde, J. N., J. P. Garner, E. L. Schenck, A. K. Johnson, & D. C. Lay (2008). The social behavior carried out by unacquainted sows on mixing may predict the likelihood of escalation into aggression. Journal of Animal Science, 352.

Poletto, R., J. P. Garner, H. W. Cheng, B. T. Richert, & J. N. Marchant-Forde (2008). Aggression and peripheral monoamine levels in finishing pigs fed ractopamine according to gender and social rank. Journal of Animal Science, 86(Suppl 1), 352.

Marchant-Forde, J. N., J. P. Garner, E. L. Schenck, A. K. Johnson, & D. L. Lay (2008). The social behaviour carried out by unacquainted sows on mixing may predict the liklihood of escalation into aggression. Journal of Animal Science, 86(Supp 1).

Hess, S. E., S. Rohr, B. N. Gaskill, E. A. Pajor, B. D. Dufour, & J. P. Garner (2008). Home improvement: C57BL/6 mice given more naturalistic nesting materials build better nests. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, 47(6), 25-31.

Thogerson, C. M., P. Y. Hester, J. A. Mench, R. C. Newberry, E. A. Pajor, & J. P. Garner (2008). Effects of feeder space allowance on behavior and productivity of caged hens. Poultry Science, 59.

Gustafson, L. A., H. W. Cheng, J. P. Garner, E. A. Pajor, & J. A. Mench (2008). The effects of different bill-trimming methods on the well-being of Pekin ducks. Poultry Science, 86(9).

Richter, H., J. P. Garner, & H. Wurbel (2008). Animal experiments: environmental standardization increases risk for spurious results. Proceedings of the International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, 64.

Nordgreen, J., J. P. Garner, A. M. Janczak, B. Ranheim, W. M. Muir, & T. E. Horsberg (2008). The effects of morphine on thermal threshold and post-test behavior in goldfish (Carassius auratus). Proceedings of the International Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology, 13.