title: [Intestinal flora and social relations in laboratory rats].
abstract: This paper deals with the quantitative study of the social interaction in dyads of laboratory rats. Two kinds of dyads of Rattus norvegicus were observed: one which had the conventional rat intestinal flora (S.S.C.u.p.) and the other a micro-flora (J.L.T.) derived from feral rats, each member of the dyad having the same sex. Contact-seeking and sniffing behaviour were more frequent and lasted longer in J.L.T. rats than in S.S.C.u.p.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Ethologie, Université Claude-Bernard, Lyon.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Le Berre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Le Guelte
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats / Q000382:microbiology*; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000382:microbiology; D012919:Social Behavior
vernacular_title: Flores intestinales et relations sociales, chez le rat de laboratoire.