Changing supply and demand by cross-fostering: effects on the behaviour of pups and mothers in guinea pigs, Cavia aperea f. porcellus, and cavies, Cavia aperea

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1455-1463

  Rehling, Anke ^a   Trillmich, Fritz ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cavia aperea; Cavia aperea f. porcellus; cavy; guinea pig; milk supply; parent offspring interaction; precocial; supply and demand; weaning

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; MILK; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; RODENT; WEANING;

AVES; CAVIA; CAVIA APEREA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; CAVIIDAE;

EID: 40749111416     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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