The vital role of saliva as a mechanical sealant for suckling in the rat.
D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D008046:Lip; D009055:Mouth / Q000502:physiology*; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D010577:Petrolatum; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000254:growth & development; D013217:Starvation; D013361:Sublingual Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D013391:Sucking Behavior; D014886:Weaning
D010577:Petrolatum