Maternal food restriction delays weaning in the guinea pig, Cavia porcellus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-312

  Laurien Kehnen, Claudia ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; LACTATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; RODENT; WEANING;

CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3242734014     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.11.012     Document Type: Article

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