Maternal behaviour and lamb survival: from neuroendocrinology to practical application

Implications of temporal variation in maternal care for the prediction of neurobiological and behavioral outcomes in offspring.

(2013) Catherine Jensen Peña et al.   BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

Exploration of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis to Improve Animal Welfare by Means of Genetic Selection: Lessons from the South African Merino

(2013) Denise Hough et al.   Animals

Measures of behavioural reactivity and their relationships with production traits in sheep: A review

(2012) Cathy L. Dodd et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Selection for temperament in sheep: Domain-general and context-specific traits

(2012) Ngaio J. Beausoleil et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Genetic Parameters for Fitness and Neonatal Behavior Traits in Sheep

(2012) S. M. Matheson et al.   BEHAVIOR GENETICS

Genetic selection for temperament affects behaviour and the secretion of adrenal and reproductive hormones in sheep subjected to stress

(2012) P. A. R. Hawken et al.   STRESS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON THE BIOLOGY OF STRESS

The genetics of temperament in Merino sheep and relationships with lamb survival

(2011) Kate J. Plush et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Breed differences in the expression of maternal care at parturition persist throughout the lactation period in sheep

(2011) Helena E. Pickup et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Plasticity of the Parental Brain: A Case for Neurogenesis

(2011) F. Lévy et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Gentle vs. aversive handling of pregnant ewes: I. Maternal cortisol and behavior

(2011) S. Hild et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

Factors affecting dystocia and offspring vigour in different sheep genotypes

(2011) Cathy M. Dwyer et al.   PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

Attitudes of UK sheep farmers towards fostering methods: A national survey

(2011) Samantha J. Ward et al.   SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH

The impact of lambing stress on post-parturient behaviour of sheep with consequences on neonatal homeothermy and survival

(2011) R.A. Darwish et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Amniotic fluid is important for the maintenance of maternal responsiveness and the establishment of maternal selectivity in sheep

(2010) P. Poindron et al.   Animal

Development and validation of on-farm behavioural scoring systems to assess birth assistance and lamb vigour

(2010) S. M. Matheson et al.   Animal

Evidence for cell proliferation in the sheep brain and its down-regulation by parturition and interactions with the young

(2010) M. Brus et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Differential effects of maternal undernutrition between days 1 and 90 of pregnancy on ewe and lamb performance and lamb parasitism in hill or lowland breeds1

(2010) J. A. Rooke et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Breed differences in maternal behaviour in relation to lamb (Ovis orientalis aries) productivity

(2010) U. König von Borstel et al.   Livestock Science

Differences in post-parturient behaviour, lamb performance and survival rate between purebred Egyptian Rahmani and its crossbred Finnish ewes

(2010) R.A. Darwish et al.   SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH

Preventing physical interactions between parturient ewes and their neonate differentially impairs the development of maternal responsiveness and selectivity depending on maternal experience

(2009) Julio Otal et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Temperament does not affect the overall establishment of mutual preference between the mother and her young in sheep measured in a choice test

(2009) S.L. Bickell et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Maternal care affects the development of maternal behavior in inbred mice

(2009) Hirotaka Shoji et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOBIOLOGY

Maternal effects in cooperative breeders: from hymenopterans to humans

(2009) A. F Russell et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Individual Variation in the Expression of Maternal Behaviour: A Review of the Neuroendocrine Mechanisms in the Sheep

(2008) C. M. Dwyer   JOURNAL OF NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Exploring the basis of divergent selection for ‘temperament’ in domestic sheep

(2007) Ngaio J. Beausoleil et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Parity effects on maternal behaviour are not related to circulating oestradiol concentrations in two breeds of sheep

(2007) Cathy M. Dwyer et al.   PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR