%A Dr. Mark B. Kristal
%A Christina L.  Williams
%J Physiological Psychology
%T The effects of strain, reproductive condition, and strain of placenta donor on placentophagia in nonpregnant mice
%X The effects on placentophagia of strain, reproductive condition, and strain of placenta donor were observed in nonpregnant mice. Mice of the C57BL/6By and BALB/cBy strains were exposed to placentas of either strain after either no previous parturitional experience, one parturitional experience without nursing experience, or one parturitional experience with nursing experience. There was a significant effect of strain, a significant effect of reproductive condition, but no significant effect of strain of placenta donor. There was a significant interaction between strain and reproductive condition, but no significant interactions with placenta strain. It was inferred that the ability of a mouse to acquire and utilize relevant stimuli during and after parturition, in order to produce an emancipation of placentophagia from the physiological controls associated with parturition, is influenced by genotype.
%N 4
%K placenta, placentophagia, mice, inbred strain, parturition
%P 354-356
%V 1
%D 1973
%I The Psychonomic Society
%L cogprints6218

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