Nursing Behaviour - Anatomy & Physiology

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  • Standing – cow, ewe, goat, mare
  • Recumbant (lateral) – sow, bitch, queen
  • Multiple young soon develop teat order.
    • Before this they will compete for teats.
  • ‘Maternal bonding’ - critical timing influences chance of fostering.
  • Head butting (‘tap’ reflex) especially in sheep. Lambs nudge the udder to initiate the milk let-down reflex.
  • Nursing persists for variable times, up to 2 years in horses and ends when offspring are weaned.
  • Retrieval behaviour in small animals.
    • Will search and retrieve their young and can tell if the full litter is present.
  • Aggression and defensive behaviour in many species.