Early discrimination of the mother by rabbit pups

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 173-182

  Val Laillet, David ^a   Nowak, Raymond ^a  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

Mother discrimination; Olfactory cues; Rabbit pups

Indexed keywords

LACTATION; LAGOMORPH; NEONATE; OLFACTORY CUE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 41249092491     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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