2015
DOI: 10.4995/wrs.2015.3134
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Changes in responsiveness to kit odours across pregnancy: relevance for the onset of maternal behaviour

Abstract: Virgin does are indifferent to foster kits but lesions to the main or accessory olfactory systems allow them to behave "maternally" (i.e., they crouch over the litter and allow suckling). This suggests that kit-derived olfactory cues are aversive to virgins but not to lactating does. We hypothesised that the valence of such olfactory cues changes throughout gestation so that, at parturition, does are attracted to the newborn and can then show placentophagia, clean the kits and nurse them. To explore this hypot… Show more

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“…Moreover, a preference for kit odors (over “neutral” ones) is observed as early as gestation day 7, and continues into gestation day 28. Virgins do not show such preference 47 . Furthermore, the concentration of OTR observed in the preoptic area is higher in pregnant than in lactating does 24 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 84%
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“…Moreover, a preference for kit odors (over “neutral” ones) is observed as early as gestation day 7, and continues into gestation day 28. Virgins do not show such preference 47 . Furthermore, the concentration of OTR observed in the preoptic area is higher in pregnant than in lactating does 24 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 84%
“…Virgins do not show such preference. 47 Furthermore, the concentration of OTR observed in the preoptic area is higher in pregnant than in lactating does. 24 Together, our results would suggest that either: (a) the initiation of maternal behavior in rabbits is not dependent on OXT or (b) if this peptide is involved in promoting the onset of maternal behavior, its action starts already in early-or midpregnancy, that is, at a time when our animals were not given OTA.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%