Placentophagia in weanling female laboratory rats

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1290-1299

  Harding, Kaitlyn M ^a   Lonstein, Joseph S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloparental; Development; Female; Juvenile; Maternal behavior; Midwifery; Placenta; Puberty; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PLACENTA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RATS;

EID: 84905220914     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.21208     Document Type: Article

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