Activity-stress ulcer in the rat,hamster, gerbil and guinea pig

Rats, hamsters, gerbils and guinea pigs were housed in activity cages and fed 1 hr each day. By the end of the 21-day experimental period, 86, 100, 70 and 70% of rats, hamsters, gerbils and guinea pigs had developed lesions in the glandular stomach. This procedure was thus capable of producing lesions in species other than the rat, thereby increasing the value of the procedure as an ulcerogenic technique.