Journal article
Social effects in the weaning of domestic rat pups
Abstract
Conducted 3 experiments with 33 female hooded rats and their offspring. Results of previous experiments by B. Galef and M. Clark (see PA, Vol.46:Issue 4) had indicated that adult members of a wild rat colony play a major role in determining the diet on which rat pups born to colony members 1st feed. The present experiments examined the nature of the interactions between adult and young rats which affect the initial food choices of the young. …
Authors
Galef BG
Journal
Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, Vol. 75, No. 3, pp. 358–362
Publisher
American Psychological Association (APA)
Publication Date
June 1, 1971
DOI
10.1037/h0030936
ISSN
0021-9940