Rabbit pup response to the mammary pheromone: From automatism to prandial control

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 742-749

  Montigny, Delphine ^a   Coureaud, Gérard ^a   Schaal, Benoist ^a  

^a CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

Author keywords

Mammary pheromone; Milk; Newborn; Olfaction; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Prandial state; Rabbit; Sucking

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RESPONSE; MALE; NEWBORN NURSING; NIPPLE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SATIETY; SUCKING;

EID: 33845448113     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.022     Document Type: Article

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