Establishment of maternal bonding and its mediation by vaginocervical stimulation in goats
| Autor: | Pascal Poindron, Alain Romeyer, Frédéric Lévy, Pierre Orgeur, Richard H. Porter |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Unité de recherche Physiologie de la reproduction des mammifères domestiques, Nouzilly, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), ProdInra, Migration |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
Mediation (statistics)
medicine.medical_specialty Offspring [SDV.MHEP.PHY] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Tissues and Organs [q-bio.TO] education Physiology Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Cervix Uteri Maternal behaviour 03 medical and health sciences Behavioral Neuroscience 0302 clinical medicine Discrimination Psychological Pregnancy Internal medicine Physical Stimulation medicine [SDV.MHEP.PHY]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Tissues and Organs [q-bio.TO] Animals 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Maternal Behavior ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS Goats 05 social sciences RELATION MERE PETIT Object Attachment humanities Uterine cervix Endocrinology Vaginocervical stimulation Sucking Behavior Vagina Female BOUQUETIN Psychology human activities 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Physiology and Behavior Physiology and Behavior, Elsevier, 1994, 55 (2), pp.395-400 |
| ISSN: | 0031-9384 |
| Popis: | To investigate the establishment of offspring recognition in mother goats, 11 females were subjected to two successive 5-min tests with their own kid and an alien, 2 h 30 min postpartum. All mothers accepted their own kid, while nine rejected the alien. This suggests that in goats, 2.5 h are sufficient for the development of an exclusive bond with the kid. We also studied the role of physiological factors mediating maternal bonding in this species. Eight of the nine goats that rejected alien kids were, therefore, submitted to 5 min of vaginocervical stimulation (VCS) immediately following the selectivity tests. Of these eight goats, five changed their behavior after VCS and accepted the alien kid (0/8 before VCS vs. 5/8 after VCS, p = 0.031). Thus, VCS appears to reduce rejection behavior towards alien kids while resulting in a significant increase in their rate of acceptance. Underlying physiological mechanisms by which VCS may act are discussed. |
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