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Do newborn rabbits learn the odor stimuli releasing nipple‐search behavior?

Hudson, Robyn·1985·Developmental Psychobiology

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Rabbit pups do not need to learn postnatally the pheromonal cues releasing nipple‐search behavior. Pups delivered by caesarian section were able to attach to nipples as quickly as normally delivered controls in their first encounter with a lactating doe (Experiment I), and pups hand raised to Day 5 without postnatal experience of the nipple‐search pheromone even showed an improvement in their reactivity to it similar to normally raised controls (Experiment II). However, 1‐day‐old pups could be conditioned during the first nursing episode to respond with nipple‐search behavior to artificial odors painted on the mother's ventrum (Experiment III). Finally, pups conditioned on Day 1 but subsequently raised by hand or normally nursed showed retention of the conditioned responsiveness when tested on Day 5 (Experiment IV). These experiments suggest that although rabbit pups are capable of rapidly associating odors with suckling, they do not appear to depend on this ability under normal nursing conditions.

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  • Newborn rabbits exposed to a commercial perfume in association with their first feeding can use the odor as information to elicit the nipple search behavior normally elicited by the mother's nipple pheromone.

    “For example, newborn rabbits exposed to a commercial perfume in association with their first feeding can use the odor as information to elicit the nipple search behavior normally elicited by the mother's nipple pheromone (Hudson, 1985).”

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Authors
Hudson, R.
Affiliations
Institut für Medizinische Psychologie (DE)
Corresponding author
Hudson, Robyn
Venue
Developmental Psychobiology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1985-11
Volume
18
Issue
6
Pages
575-585
ISSN
  • 0012-1630 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-2302
OpenAlex
W1996783008
Cited by
85
References
28
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
FWCI
5.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Developmental Psychobiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Keywords
newborn rabbits, olfactory learning, pheromones, suckling, maternal odor, cesarean section, hand-rearing, postnatal development
MeSH terms
Animals, Animal Population Groups, Animals, Suckling, Association Learning, Chinchilla, Cues, Feeding Behavior, Female, Odorants, Pheromones, Pregnancy

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