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Nursing Behaviour - Anatomy & Physiology

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  • Standing – cow, ewe, goat, mare
  • Recumbant (lateral) – sow, bitch, queen
  • Multiple young soon develop teat order
  • ‘Maternal bonding’ - critical timing influences chance of fostering
  • Head butting (‘tap’ reflex) esp. in sheep
  • Nursing persists for variable times, up to 2 years in horses
  • Retrieval behaviour in small animals
  • Aggression and defensive behaviour in many species
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