Suckling in Newborn Rats: Eliminated by Nipple Lavage, Reinstated by Pup Saliva
- 30 July 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 193 (4251), 422-425
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.935878
Abstract
Chemical lavage of the nipples of anesthetized maternal rats virtually eliminated suckling by their 4- to 5-day-old pups. Normal suckling was immediately reinstated, however, by painting a vacuum distillate of the wash or of pup saliva onto the nipples. Thus, a substance necessary to direct and release suckling, possibly rat pup saliva, appears to coat the nipple surface.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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