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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Mother-Young Bonding in Buffalo and Other Farm Animals.

Agustín Orihuela, Daniel Mota-Rojas, Ana Strappini, Francesco Serrapica, Ada Braghieri, Patricia Mora-Medina, Fabio Napolitano

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Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Agustín OrihuelaFacultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca 62209, Morelos, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-1226-7717
Daniel Mota-RojasNeurophysiology, Behavior and Animal Welfare Assessment, DPAA, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, (UAM), Mexico City 04960, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-0562-0367
Ana StrappiniFaculty of Veterinary Sciences, Animal Science Institute, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia 5090000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-7203-3472
Francesco SerrapicaDipartimento di Agraria, Universitàdi Napoli Federico II, Via Università100, 80055 Portici, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7838-2465
Ada BraghieriScuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9824-0579
Patricia Mora-MedinaLivestock Science Department, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico City 54714, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8153-8210
Fabio NapolitanoScuola di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali, Alimentari ed Ambientali, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7169-5300
University of Basilicata · ITAustral University of Chile · CLUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos · MXUniversidad Autónoma Metropolitana · MXUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In buffaloes and other mammalian farm species, the mother provides food and protection to the young, but she is also the main source of behavioral and social learning for the offspring. It is important that mother and young establish a bond based on a learning mechanism defined as "imprinting" early after parturition during the sensitive period, on which the welfare and survival of the offspring will depend. This review aims to summarize and discuss current knowledge regarding the imprinting process, the neurobiological pathways that are triggered during this sensitive period, and the development of the cow-calf bond. Touch, hearing, vision, and smell seem to be the predominant senses involved during imprinting in buffaloes and other mammalian farm species. In buffalo, bonding is very particular due to the expression of specific behaviors, such as allo-suckling and communal rearing. In general, imprinting and the subsequent bond may be affected by the lack of experience of the mothers or dystocic parturitions, which occur most frequently with male calves and in primiparous dams. The main problems in the development of this process include lack of seeking a protected and isolated place to give birth; moving from the birth-site after parturition; insufficient postpartum care; aversion or aggressiveness towards the newborn, or abandonment of the newborn. The process can develop differently according to the species. However, the correct development of the cow-calf relationship represents, regardless of the species, a key factor for their fitness.

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animal welfarebondingbuffaloesimprintingmother–young relationship

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