Placentophagia in rabbits: Incidence across the reproductive cycle

AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:32:31Z
Fecha de publicación2003-01-01
ResumenRabbits show placentophagia at parturition, but the regulation of this behavior and its incidence across the reproductive cycle are unknown. By testing estrous, midpregnant, prepartum (day 1), and postpartum (days I and 5) food-deprived rabbits with liver and placenta, we found an absence or infrequency (< 14\%) of placentophagia in the former three groups, an invariable occurrence at parturition, and a persistence into postpartum days I and 5 (50 and 48\%, respectively). Most placentophagic females also ate liver on postpartum day 1, but not on postpartum day 5. In different food-deprived rabbits, tested every 2 hr with placenta and food pellets, placentophagia incidence was 20\% at 8 hr prepartum, 100\% at parturition, and 67 and 21\% at 8 and 24 hr postpartum, respectively. Most placentophagic rabbits also ate food pellets in postpartum (but not in prepartum) tests. Results suggest that somatosensory, hormonal, or both factors of the peripartum period regulate placentophagia expression. (C) 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/dev.10118es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/4350
Idiomaenes_ES
EditorialWILEYes_ES
RelaciónDevelopmental Psychobiologyes_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.1002/dev.10118es_ES
DerechosAcceso restringido / Suscripción (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16eces_ES
FuenteDevelopmental Psychobiology
Palabra claverabbites_ES
Palabra claveplacentophagiaes_ES
Palabra clavepregnancyes_ES
Palabra clavematernal behaviores_ES
Palabra claveprepartumes_ES
Palabra clavepostpartumes_ES
Palabra clavedeliveryes_ES
Palabra claveplacentaes_ES
Palabra clavefood intakees_ES
Palabra clavepregnancyes_ES
Palabra claveestruses_ES
TítuloPlacentophagia in rabbits: Incidence across the reproductive cyclees_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorMelo, AI
AutorGonzález-Mariscal, G
AutorMelo, AIes_ES
AutorGonzález-Mariscal, Ges_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número1es_ES
Rango de páginas37-43es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.1002/dev.10118
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen43es_ES

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