Although most mammals grow up in the company of same or different age sibs (or half sibs),
surprisingly little attention has been given to how relations among them might influence the …

Describing feline behaviour from both a mechanistic and functional approach, this textbook
provides an accessible overview of this fascinating subject. The book begins by addressing …

Neonatal mammals are exposed to an outstandingly powerful selective pressure at birth,
and any mean to alleviate their localization effort and accelerate acceptance to orally grasp …

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Hypothalamic Agrp neurons regulate food ingestion in adult mice. Whether these neurons
are functional before animals start to ingest food is unknown. Here, we studied the functional …

Contents Puppy and kitten survival over the first weeks is particularly dependent on
colostrum, a specific secretion of the mammary gland produced during the first 2 days post …

Canine neonates are born hypogammaglobulinemic, and colostrum is their main source of
immunoglobulins. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the immune quality of canine …

Simple Summary Inbreeding and low diversity in MHC (major histocompatibility complex)
genes can have a significant impact on the survival and quality of offspring in mammals. At …

Background The development of ethologically meaningful test paradigms in young animals
is an essential step in the study of the ontogeny of animal personality. Here we explore the …

Early postnatal growth in mammals can be considerably influenced by litter size and often
differs among littermates in relation to birth mass. In a study of Long Evans laboratory rats …