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Abstract
Although active maternal assistance is not essential for the newborn lamb to find the teats and suck for the first time, the process is facilitated by grooming and by directional orientation of the ewe toward the lamb. Neither orientation nor grooming alone facilitated the sucking drive to any significant extent.Entities:
Keywords: ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; MAMMAE; SHEEP
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Year: 1964 PMID： 14191710 DOI： 10.1126/science.146.3644.665
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728