Discrimination of mother's odor in newborn dog puppines (Canis familiaris)
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- FUJITA KAZUO
- Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
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- TAKAOKA AKIKO
- Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University
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- FURUMI MASAHIRO
- Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- イヌ(Canis familiaris)新生児における母親の匂い弁別
- イヌ Canis familiaris シンセイジ ニ オケル ハハオヤ ノ ニオイ ベンベツ
- Discrimination of mother's odor in newborn dog puppies (Canis familiaris)
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Abstract
We examined ability for discrimination of social odors in newborn dog puppies (Canis familiaris) with eyes and ears closed. Eight 7- or 8-day-old puppies were placed between two handkerchiefs on which two types of odor were added. One odor was that from their biological mothers who nursed the puppies. The other was that from an unfamiliar unrelated adult female for one brood of 4 miniature dachshund puppies or that from an unfamiliar daughter of the mother for the other brood of 4 miniature schnauser puppies. The puppies preferentially stayed touching the handkerchief with the mother's odor for significantly longer duration. The results suggest that the ability for olfactory discrimination of biologically important stimuli may be well developed before the puppies open their eyes.
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology
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Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology 57 (2), 89-94, 2007
THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390282680183976448
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- NII Article ID
- 110006862686
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- NII Book ID
- AN10363631
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- ISSN
- 18809022
- 09168419
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- NDL BIB ID
- 10646551
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- Text Lang
- ja
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- NDL
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- CiNii Articles
- KAKEN
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed