Repulsive and attractive response of mature Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urinary signals of the same and the opposite sex
Abstract Urinary signals play an important role in communication between the individuals of the same species. The present study observed the response of mature male and female Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urine of the same and the opposite sex. Responses to urine signals were determined...
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crbrillap:10.1163/15707563-bja10126 2024-03-24T09:04:53+00:00 Repulsive and attractive response of mature Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urinary signals of the same and the opposite sex Garg, Nidhi Singla, Neena Mahal, Amrit Kaur Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15707563-bja10126 https://brill.com/view/journals/ab/74/1/article-p79_6.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ab/74/1/article-p79_6.xml unknown Brill Animal Biology volume 74, issue 1, page 79-96 ISSN 1570-7555 1570-7563 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 2024 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/15707563-bja10126 2024-02-26T15:58:59Z Abstract Urinary signals play an important role in communication between the individuals of the same species. The present study observed the response of mature male and female Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urine of the same and the opposite sex. Responses to urine signals were determined based on food consumption on the treated and untreated sides of the cage. Mature male rats consumed significantly more food when treated with the urine of grouped mature female rats and female rats in the oestrous, pro-oestrous, di-oestrous, metoestrous, and lactation stages, while significantly low food consumption was observed in male rats in response to the urine of individual and grouped mature male rats, indicating strong attraction to the urine of the opposite sex and strong repulsion towards urine of the same sex. Similar observations were confirmed in bi-choice and multichoice maze experiments. Male rats did not show any significant response towards the urine of pregnant females. Under simulated store conditions, repulsion towards urine of the same sex was shown up to six days of exposure while the attraction towards the urine of the opposite sex was shown up to three days of exposure. Under simulated field conditions, the repulsive effect towards urine of the same sex remained for 9-13 days and the attractant effect to the urine of the opposite sex remained for all 15 days of the experiment. The study thus indicates that the reproductive condition of rats influences the communicative signals they produce as well as their own responses to conspecific signals of the same and the opposite sex. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Brill Animal Biology 74 1 79 96 |
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Abstract Urinary signals play an important role in communication between the individuals of the same species. The present study observed the response of mature male and female Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urine of the same and the opposite sex. Responses to urine signals were determined based on food consumption on the treated and untreated sides of the cage. Mature male rats consumed significantly more food when treated with the urine of grouped mature female rats and female rats in the oestrous, pro-oestrous, di-oestrous, metoestrous, and lactation stages, while significantly low food consumption was observed in male rats in response to the urine of individual and grouped mature male rats, indicating strong attraction to the urine of the opposite sex and strong repulsion towards urine of the same sex. Similar observations were confirmed in bi-choice and multichoice maze experiments. Male rats did not show any significant response towards the urine of pregnant females. Under simulated store conditions, repulsion towards urine of the same sex was shown up to six days of exposure while the attraction towards the urine of the opposite sex was shown up to three days of exposure. Under simulated field conditions, the repulsive effect towards urine of the same sex remained for 9-13 days and the attractant effect to the urine of the opposite sex remained for all 15 days of the experiment. The study thus indicates that the reproductive condition of rats influences the communicative signals they produce as well as their own responses to conspecific signals of the same and the opposite sex. |
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Repulsive and attractive response of mature Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urinary signals of the same and the opposite sex |
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Repulsive and attractive response of mature Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urinary signals of the same and the opposite sex |
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Repulsive and attractive response of mature Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urinary signals of the same and the opposite sex |
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Repulsive and attractive response of mature Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urinary signals of the same and the opposite sex |
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Repulsive and attractive response of mature Rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urinary signals of the same and the opposite sex |
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repulsive and attractive response of mature rattus rattus towards conspecific natural urinary signals of the same and the opposite sex |
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