The Norway rat has important impacts on our life. They are amongst the most used research
subjects, resulting in ground-breaking advances. At the same time, wild rats live in close …

Traumatic stress is a type of environmental experience that can modify behavior, cognition
and physiological functions such as metabolism, in mammals. Many of the effects of …

Human newborns are considered altricial compared with other primates because they are
relatively underdeveloped at birth. However, in a broader comparative context, other …

Genomic imprinting refers to the parent-of-origin expression of genes, which originates from
epigenetic events in the mammalian germ line. The evolution of imprinting may reflect a …

Within mammals, different reproductive strategies (eg, egg laying, live birth of extremely
underdeveloped young, and live birth of well-developed young) have been linked to …

Mammalian parental care, in most of the cases, is given by the female, who provides food,
warmth, and protection. In domestic dogs, maternal behaviour shown by the dam mainly …

Social interactions are shaped by features of the interactants, including age, emotion, sex,
and familiarity. Age-specific responses to social affect are evident when an adult male rat is …

Simple Summary In commercial pork production, piglets are weaned at a fairly young age.
Piglets are removed from the sow and are subject to sudden changes in their diet …

Mother-young bonding is a process by which the young establish social preferences for their
mother. It fosters reproductive success and the survival of offspring by providing food, heat …

Simple Summary Mother–young bonding is an essential process that increases newborn
survival through selective maternal care. In this mechanism, olfactory, visual, auditory, and …