PSY396H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Temporin, Intramuscular Injection, Musth
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Psy396 (week 3 articles: lsd: effects on male elephant & lsd effects, comparisons with musth behaviour) Paper 1: lysergic acid diethylamide: its effects on a male asiatic elephant. Hypothesis: lsd encourages musth behaviour and temporal gland secretion. Want to try to see if they can prevent/reverse musth behaviour to prevent injury to humans. Used lsd to try to induce musth behaviour because of known personality-changing effects on humans and other animals. Used dose of 0. 1 mg/kg (total 297 mg) lsd. Estimated weight of tusco, a male elephant, 14 years old, male indian elephant. Wanted to induce musth behaviour, promote secretion of brown sticky fluid to collect. Control trial: injected penicillin as a placebo for lsd and to protect against infection. Shot injection from a co2 rifle in the gluteus muscle. Control penicillin intramuscular injection behaviour: startled, restless for 2-3 mins, then normal. Experimental trial: injected lsd through intramuscular injection from a co2 rifle in the gluteus muscle.
