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Social interactions among adult male rats after early undernutrition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2007

T. S. Whatson ,
J. L. Smart  and
J. Dobbing
T. S. Whatson
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, University of Manchester, Manchester
J. L. Smart
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, University of Manchester, Manchester
J. Dobbing
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, University of Manchester, Manchester
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Abstract

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1. Developing rats were growth-retarded during gestation and the suckling period by underfeeding their mothers from mating. After weaning, all animals were fed ad lib.

2. At 18 weeks each male was paired with another male for 10 min on 4 consecutive days. Tests 1 and 2 were with males of like-treatment group and tests 3 and 4 with males of unlike-treatment group.

3. Pairs of previously undernourished rats boxed and fought more often than pairs of controls. In the mixed pairings of tests 3 and 4 the previously underfed animals initiated contact more frequently than did their control partners.

4. Evidently there is a lasting effect of early nutritional deprivation on inter-male social behaviour, especially when both of the animals interacting are of the previously undernourished type.

Type
General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , September 1974 , pp. 413 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1974

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