ArticleFrontiers in zoology2016
Ambient temperature affects postnatal litter size reduction in golden hamsters.
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- Effects of manipulative prolonged temperature increase on the greater long-tailed hamster (Current zoology · 2025Article
- Lactating SKH-1 furless mice prioritize own comfort over growth of their pups.Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 2023Article
- Influence of ambient temperature on the phenology of the greater mouse-eared bat (Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Effect of Different Ambient Temperatures on Reproductive Outcome and Stress Level of Lactating Females in Two Mouse Strains.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Late lactation in small mammals is a critically sensitive window of vulnerability to elevated ambient temperature.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Dorsal shaving affects concentrations of faecal cortisol metabolites in lactating golden hamsters.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo better understand how different ambient temperatures during lactation affect survival of young, we studied patterns of losses of pups in golden hamsters (
resultsOverall, around one third of pups per litter disappeared, obviously consumed by the mother. Such litter size reductions were greatest at 30 °C, in particular during the intermediate postnatal period around peak lactation. Furthermore, litter size reductions were generally higher in larger litters. Maternal gross energy intake was highest at 5 °C suggesting that mothers were not limited by milk production and might have been able to raise a higher number of pups until weaning. This was further supported by the fact that the daily increases in litter mass as well as in the individual pup body masses, a proxy of mother's lactational performance, were lower at higher ambient temperatures.
conclusionsWe suggest that ambient temperatures around the thermoneutral zone and beyond are preventing golden hamster females from producing milk at sufficient rates. Around two thirds of the pups per litter disappeared at high temperature conditions, and their early growth rates were significantly lower than at lower ambient temperatures. It is possible that these losses are due to an intrinsic physiological limitation (imposed by heat dissipation) compromising maternal energy intake and milk production.
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