title: [Influence of male surgical sterilization on social behavior of Brandt's vole].
abstract: Using the method of surgical sterilization, this paper studied the influence of sterilized male on the social behavior of Brandt's vole. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the frequency of amicable and agnostic behaviors between male surgical sterilization group and control, and between intact and sterilized males in the same group. It could be concluded that male surgical sterilization had no influence on the social behavior of Brandt's vole.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China. zhanglab@panda.ioz.ac.cn
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhibin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D012375:Rodent Control / Q000379:methods*; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D012919:Social Behavior; D013245:Sterilization, Reproductive