[The elimination of the sense of smell and its effect on the suckling behavior in young rabbits].
In the experiments described the ability to smell was eliminated in rabbits aged 1-7 days with two different methods: destruction of the nasal mucous membranes with 2% ZnSO4 solution administered in 2 doses of 100 microliter with a time interval of 12 hours between the two applications and destruction of the olfactory bulbs with high-frequency coagulation (20 V, 80 mA for 12 se.). Both treatments disturbed the suckling behavior, as the young rabbits failed to find the mammary gland. These results suggest that a releaser phenomon is secreted in the mammary gland region, which enables the rabbit to find the test and thus to initiate suckling behavior.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects; D000857:Olfaction Disorders; D009830:Olfactory Bulb / Q000601:surgery; D010675:Pheromones; D011817:Rabbits; D012903:Smell; D013391:Sucking Behavior; D015032:Zinc / Q000494:pharmacology
D010675:Pheromones; D015032:Zinc
Die Ausschaltung des Geruchsvermögens und sein Einfluss auf das Saugverhalten von Jungkaninchen.