ArticleJournal of ethology2018
Olfactory discrimination of anal sac secretions in the domestic cat and the chemical profiles of the volatile compounds.
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- Odorant-binding proteins in canine anal sac glands indicate an evolutionarily conserved role in mammalian chemical communication.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Study of compositions of musks in different types secreted by forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii).PloS one · 2021Article
- Description of the bacterial microbiota of anal sacs in healthy dogs.Canadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire · 2021Article
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- GC × GC-MS-Based Volatile Profiling of Male Domestic Cat Urine and the Olfactory Abilities of Cats to Discriminate Temporal Changes and Individual Differences in Urine.Journal of chemical ecology · 2019Article
- Normal feline behaviour: … and why problem behaviours develop.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2018Review
- The Chemical Basis of Species, Sex, and Individual Recognition Using Feces in the Domestic Cat.Journal of chemical ecology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Scent emitted from anal sac secretions provides important signals for most Carnivora. Their secretions emit a variety of volatile compounds, some of which function as chemical signals with information about the scent owners. The domestic cat has a pair of anal sac glands to secrete a pungent liquid. Their anal sac secretions may give information about sex, reproductive state, and recognition of individuals. However, little is known about the volatile compounds emitted from anal sac secretions and their biological functions in cats. In this study, we examined the volatile chemical profiles of anal sac secretions in cats and their olfactory ability to discriminate intraspecific anal sac secretions. Analysis with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry showed that the major volatile compounds were short-chain free fatty acids, whose contents varied among individuals, as well as other carnivores. There was no sex difference in the volatile profiles. In temporal analyses of individual anal sac secretions performed 2 months apart, the profiles were highly conserved within individuals. Habituation-dishabituation tests showed that cats can distinguish individual differences in the odor of anal sac secretions. These results suggest that cats utilize short-chain free fatty acids emitted from anal sac secretions to obtain scent information for individual recognition rather than species or sex recognition.
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