Maternal care of rabbits in the lab and on the farm: Endocrine regulation of behavior and productivity

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-91

  Gonzalez Mariscal G ^a   McNitt, J I ^b   Lukefahr, S D ^c  

^a CENTRO TLAXCALA DE BIOLOGÍA DE LA CONDUCTA   (Mexico)

^b SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial insemination; Farm animals; Lactation; Maternal behavior; Nest building; Newborn; Parturition; Productivity; Rabbit; Reflex ovulation

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIRTH; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FARM ANIMAL; FERTILITY; FOOD INTAKE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL CARE; MATING; NESTING; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RABBIT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; EFFICIENCY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RABBITS;

EID: 34249719554     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.03.028     Document Type: Article

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