Concurrent Lactation and Pregnancy: Pregnant Domestic Horse Mares Do Not Increase Mother-Offspring Conflict during Intensive Lactation

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022068" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0022068</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Concurrent Lactation and Pregnancy: Pregnant Domestic Horse Mares Do Not Increase Mother-Offspring Conflict during Intensive Lactation

Original language description

Parent-offspring conflict arises over milk provided by the mammal mother and it is further intensified in species with common concurrent pregnancy and lactation in females. In accordance with this equid pregnant mares wean their foals earlier than non-pregnant ones. We presumed intensified mother-offspring conflict in pregnant mares also during the period of intensive lactation, i.e., before the weaning process starts. We tested the effect of pregnancy on suckling behaviour characteristics in domestic horses. Contrary to expectation, we found a decreased mother-offspring conflict related to pregnancy in lactating females during first two trimesters of pregnancy. Our results suggest that pregnant mares cope with parallel investment into a nursed foal and a foetus through enhancing nursing behaviour in early stages of pregnancy before the initially low requirements of the foetus increase. They most likely compensate their suckling foal with the perspective of its early weaning due to on-

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GG - Zootechnics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/QH92265" target="_blank" >QH92265: Optimization of breeding system and health care in endangered breed of Old Kladruby horse</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Plos One

ISSN

1932-6203

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

6

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

"e22068"

UT code for WoS article

000295454200005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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