德国牧羊犬产仔后的母性行为

本文观测德国牧羊犬三只母犬与其２４只幼仔之间的行为变化规律。记录分析母犬纸饰幼仔、清理巢区、哺乳、对幼仔求乞的拒绝、诱导与训练幼仔的物品嬉戏、格斗嬉戏、挖掘嬉戏以及标记等行为。着重指出母性行为的时间分配、舐饰及清理巢区的生态生物学意义。

A Study on the Maternal Behavior Relation to Infant Ages in Captive German Shepherd Dog (Cants familiars)

1. German Shepherd Dogs have wildly been used as working dogs by Ministry of Public Security in China, or guard dogs by Farm and Storehouse in these years.2. Observation on the changes of the maternal behaviors of three female German Shepherd Dogs during their infants development period of 12 weeks after birth was conducted.3. The maternal behaviors involve lactation, grooming, licking, providing warmth,playfighting, object-play, digging play, scent marking and rejection. The content quantity and quality of those were determined.4. In this paper, we emphatically indicate the ecological and biological significances on the allocation of times of maternal behaviors, licking infants and cleaning the nest.