Pelage insulation, litter size, and ambient temperature impact maternal energy intake and offspring development during lactation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-134

  Paul, Matthew J ^a   Tuthill, Christiana ^b   Kauffman, Alexander S ^c   Zucker, Irving ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food intake; Fur; Maternal care; Siberian hamster; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEAT LOSS; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY MASS INDEX; CRICETINAE; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHODOPUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77950959960     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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