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ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2021

Allonursing in Wild and Farm Animals: Biological and Physiological Foundations and Explanatory Hypotheses.

Daniel Mota-Rojas, Míriam Marcet-Rius, Aline Freitas-de-Melo, Ramon Muns, Patricia Mora-Medina, Adriana Domínguez-Oliva, Agustín Orihuela

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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 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024
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  6. Dairy Buffalo Behavior: Calving, Imprinting and Allosuckling.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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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 4 countries.

Daniel Mota-RojasNeurophysiology, Behavior and Animal Welfare Assessment, DPAA, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico City 04960, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-0562-0367
Míriam Marcet-RiusAnimal Behaviour and Welfare Department, IRSEA (Research Institute in Semiochemistry and Applied Ethology), Quartier Salignan, 84400 Apt, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3596-7986
Aline Freitas-de-MeloDepartamento de Biociencias Veterinarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay.
Ramon MunsAgri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Hillsborough, Co Down BT 26 6DR, Northern Ireland, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8139-8668
Patricia Mora-MedinaFacultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuautitlán Izcalli 54714, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8153-8210
Adriana Domínguez-OlivaNeurophysiology, Behavior and Animal Welfare Assessment, DPAA, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico City 04960, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-1584-0654
Agustín OrihuelaFacultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca 62209, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-1226-7717
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana · MXAgri Food and Biosciences Institute · GBInstitut de Recherche en Sémiochimie et Ethologie Appliquée · FRUniversidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos · MXUniversidad de Cuautitlán Izcalli · MXUniversidad de la República de Uruguay · UY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dams of gregarious animals must develop a close bond with their newborns to provide them with maternal care, including protection against predators, immunological transference, and nutrition. Even though lactation demands high energy expenditures, behaviors known as allonursing (the nursing of non-descendant infants) and allosuckling (suckling from any female other than the mother) have been reported in various species of wild or domestic, and terrestrial or aquatic animals. These behaviors seem to be elements of a multifactorial strategy, since reports suggest that they depend on the following: species, living conditions, social stability, and kinship relations, among other group factors. Despite their potential benefits, allonursing and allosuckling can place the health and welfare of both non-filial dams and alien offspring at risk, as it augments the probability of pathogen transmission. This review aims to analyze the biological and physiological foundations and bioenergetic costs of these behaviors, analyzing the individual and collective advantages and disadvantages for the dams' own offspring(s) and alien neonate(s). We also include information on the animal species in which these behaviors occur and their implications on animal welfare.

Indexed as

animal perinatologyfosteringlactationmismotheringnon-offspring nursing

Identifiers

PMID34827824
PMCPMC8614478
OpenAlexW3210358259

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