Maternal selectivity suppression through peripheral anosmia affects neither overall nursing frequency and duration, nor lactation performance in ewes

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-209

  Hernandez, H ^a   Serafin N ^a   Vazquez, H ^b   Delgadillo, J A ^c   Poindron, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^c Departamento De Ciencias Medico Veterinarias   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Lactation; Maternal selectivity; Nursing behavior; Sheep

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; LACTATION; MATERNAL CARE; MILK PRODUCTION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; LACTATION; LAMB; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK PRODUCTION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; NURSING; SHEEP; TIME;

EID: 0035953787     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00144-9     Document Type: Article

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